"Skírnir" meaning in Old Norse

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Proper name

Forms: Skírnis [genitive], Skírni [accusative, dative], strong [table-tags], Skírnir [indefinite, nominative], Skírni [accusative, indefinite], Skírni [dative, indefinite], Skírnis [genitive, indefinite]
Etymology: Probably derived from skírr (“clear, pure”), from Proto-Germanic *skīriz (“bright”). Possibly related to skírn. Etymology templates: {{der|non|gem-pro|*skīriz||bright}} Proto-Germanic *skīriz (“bright”) Head templates: {{head|non|proper noun|genitive|Skírnis|dative and accusative|Skírni|g=m}} Skírnir m (genitive Skírnis, dative and accusative Skírni) Inflection templates: {{non-decl-m-ja|Skírn|Skírn|form=sing-indef}}, {{non-decl-blank-sing-indef|apd=Skírnana|api=Skírna|asd=Skírninn|asi=Skírni|dpd=Skírnunum|dpi=Skírnum|dsd=Skírninum|dsi=Skírni|g=masculine|gpd=Skírnanna|gpi=Skírna|gsd=Skírnisins|gsi=Skírnis|notes=|npd=Skírnarnir|npi=Skírnar|nsd=Skírnirinn|nsi=Skírnir|stem=strong ija-stem|title=Skírnir}}, {{non-decl-cell|Skírnir|nsi}}, {{non-decl-cell|Skírni|asi}}, {{non-decl-cell|Skírni|dsi}}, {{non-decl-cell|Skírnis|gsi}}
  1. (Norse mythology) Skírnir, messenger of Freyr Tags: Norse, masculine Categories (topical): Gods, Norse mythology
    Sense id: en-Skírnir-non-name-27jYk8~k Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences
  2. a male given name Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Old Norse given names, Old Norse male given names
    Sense id: en-Skírnir-non-name-h8YdwBAs Categories (other): Old Norse entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Old Norse entries with incorrect language header: 44 56

Inflected forms

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        "dsi": "Skírni",
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