þerna

== Icelandic == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈθɛrtna/ Rhymes: -ɛrtna === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Old Norse þerna. ==== Noun ==== þerna f (genitive singular þernu, nominative plural þernur) maid, girl, female servant attendant, stewardess ===== Declension ===== === Etymology 2 === From Old Norse þerna. ==== Noun ==== þerna f (genitive singular þernu, nominative plural þernur) tern ===== Declension ===== ===== Hyponyms ===== kría (“arctic tern”) == Old Norse == === Etymology 1 === Related to sense 2 (“maid servant”). ==== Noun ==== þerna f tern ===== Declension ===== ===== Descendants ===== Icelandic: þerna Faroese: terna Norwegian Bokmål: terne m or f Norwegian Nynorsk: terne f Swedish: tärna c Danish: tærne c ==== Further reading ==== Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “þerna”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 510; also available at the Internet Archive Douglas Harper (2001–2026), “tern”, in Online Etymology Dictionary. === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from Old Saxon thiorna. ==== Noun ==== þerna f maidservant ===== Declension ===== ===== Descendants ===== Icelandic: þerna Faroese: terna Norwegian: Norwegian Bokmål: terne m or f Norwegian Nynorsk: terne f Old Swedish: thærna Swedish: tärna c Danish: tærne →? Middle English: therne, thierne, tharne, tarne >? English: tern, tarn ==== Further reading ==== Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “þerna”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 510; also available at the Internet Archive