örnefni

== Icelandic == === Alternative forms === örnafn === Etymology === From ör- +‎ nafn (“name”) +‎ -i n (abstract noun suffix). The prefix ör- no longer has a descernible meaning, but from the cognates Old English ānemnan (“to declare”) and German ernennen (“to name, declare”) an original fientive meaning can be gleaned. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈørnɛpnɪ/ === Noun === örnefni n (genitive singular örnefnis, nominative plural örnefni) placename Synonym: staðarheiti ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== örnefnafræði f (“toponymy”) === Further reading === Kristín Bjarnadóttir, editor (2002–2026), “örnefni”, in Beygingarlýsing íslensks nútímamáls [The Database of Modern Icelandic Inflection] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies “örnefni” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages) Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989), “örnafn, örnefni”, in Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN, page 1228 (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)