gjarn

== Icelandic == === Etymology === From Old Norse gjarn, from Proto-Germanic *gernaz. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ca(r)t⁽ʰ⁾n/ Rhymes: -artn Rhymes: -atn === Adjective === gjarn (comparative gjarnari, superlative gjarnastur) willing, eager, keen ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “gjarn” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages) == Old Norse == === Etymology === From Proto-Germanic *gernaz. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʰer- (“to yearn”). === Adjective === gjarn eager, desirous 9th c., Þjóðólfr of Hvinir, Ynglingatal, verse 5: willing to follow one [with dative] ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== árgjarn (“eager for harvests”) fremðargjarn (“eager for fame”) lofgjarn (“eager for praise”) tírargjarn (“eager for glory”) ==== Related terms ==== gerr girna gjarna (“willingly, eagerly”, adverb) ==== Descendants ==== Icelandic: gjarn Faroese: gjarnur Old Swedish: giærn === Further reading === Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “gjarn”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive