finnr

== Old Norse == === Alternative forms === fiðr === Etymology === From Proto-Germanic *finnaz. === Proper noun === finnr m (genitive finns) an exonym by Swedes and Norwegians for Sámi people across Arctic Scandinavia a byname informally honoring a male with powers of a vǫlva, alluding to the Sámi noaidi (Norse mythology) a mythic name, used for elves and dwarves etc. ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Finnland Finnmǫrk Finnr (given name) ==== Descendants ==== Icelandic: Finnur Faroese: finnur Norwegian: finn → Danish: fin Norwegian Bokmål: finn Old Swedish: finne, finnar Swedish: finne→ Norwegian Nynorsk: finne→ German: Finne Old Danish: fyndhæ Danish: finne Norwegian Bokmål: finne === Verb === finnr second/third-person singular present active indicative of finna === Further reading === Finn; in: Eivind Vågslid, Norderlendske fyrenamn, 1988, →ISBN