hyrna

== Icelandic == === Etymology === From Old Norse hyrna, from Proto-Germanic *hurnijǭ. Related to horn (“an angle, a corner”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhɪrtna/ Rhymes: -ɪrtna === Noun === hyrna f (genitive singular hyrnu, nominative plural hyrnur) a carton in the shape of a tetrahedron or a triangular pyramid (geometry, topology) a simplex ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== See also ==== ferna mjólkurferna mjólkurpoki þríhyrningur ==== Further reading ==== [1] == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology 1 === From Middle Norwegian hyrni n, from Old Norse hyrna f, from Proto-Germanic *hurnijǭ f. ==== Alternative forms ==== hjørne, hyrna ==== Noun ==== hyrna n (definite singular hyrna, indefinite and definite plural hyrno) corner ((pre-1938) alternative form of hyrne n) ==== Noun ==== hyrna definite plural of hyrne n === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== hyrna f (definite singular hyrna, indefinite plural hyrner or hyrnor, definite plural hyrnene or hyrnone) horned animal ((pre-2012) alternative form of hyrne f) hyrna definite singular of hyrne === References === “hyrna” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Old Norse == === Etymology === From Proto-Germanic *hurnijǭ, feminine diminutive of *hurną whence Old Norse horn. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂-. === Noun === hyrna f point of an axe-head a corner ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== horn hyrning ==== Descendants ==== Icelandic: hyrna f Middle Norwegian: hyrni n Norwegian Nynorsk: hyrne Old Swedish: hyrna Swedish: hörna c or f Danish: hjørne n Norwegian Bokmål: hjørne → Norwegian Nynorsk: hjørne === Further reading === Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “hyrna”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive