morginn

Old Norse

Alternative forms

• morgunn, myrginn, myrgunn

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *murginaz ‎(“morning”). Cognate with Old English morġen, Old Frisian morgen, Old Saxon morgan, Old High German morgan, Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌲𐌹𐌽𐍃 ‎(maurgins). See also Finnish murkina. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *mr̥Hko ‎(“to blink, twinkle”).

Pronunciation

• (12th century Icelandic) IPA^(key): /ˈmorɣinː/

Noun

morginn m (genitive morgins, plural morgnar)

1. morning
   • Saga Hákonar, Guttorms ok Inga 9, in 1835, F. Magnússon, C. C. Rafn, Fornmanna sögur, Volume IX. Copenhagen, page 21:

     […] betra þikki mér at hafa í nótt XIV skútur til bæjarins, en hálfu fleiri á myrgun.

     […] better methinks to have fourteen sailboats here at night, but a half more in the morning.

Declension

  Declension of morginn (strong a-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	morginn	morginninn	morgnar	morgnarnir
accusative	morgin	morgininn	morgna	morgnana
dative	morgni	morgninum	morgnum	morgnunum
genitive	morgins	morginsins	morgna	morgnanna

Derived terms

Terms derived from morginn

morgindǫgg ‎(“morning dew”) morgingjǫf ‎(“bridal gift”) morginligr ‎(“matutinal”) morginmatr ‎(“breakfast”) morginmál ‎(“timr of morning meal”) morginroði ‎(“morning-red”) morginskin ‎(“morning light”) morginsár ‎(“early morning”) morginsól ‎(“rising sun”)

morginstjarna ‎(“morning star”) morginstund ‎(“morning hour”) morgintíðir ‎(“matins”) morgintími ‎(“morning-time”) morginvakr ‎(“early awake”) morginveiðr ‎(“morning catch”) morginverk ‎(“morning work”) morgna, morna ‎(“to become morning, dawn”) mornan ‎(“dawn”)

Descendants

• Danish: morgen c
• Faroese: morgun m
• Icelandic: morgunn m

• Norwegian Bokmål: morgen m
• Norwegian Nynorsk: morgon m
• Swedish: morgon c

References

• morginn in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• morginn in An Icelandic-English Dictionary, R. Cleasby and G. Vigfússon, Clarendon Press, 1874, at Internet Archive.
• morginn in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.