Old Norse Nouns

Workshop 2 - Noun Endings and Labial Mutation

Strong Masculine Singlar Nominative

r / 0 / L

Strong Masculine Singular Accusative

0

Strong Masculine Singular Genitive

s / ar

Strong Masculine Singular Dative

i / 0

Strong Masculine Plural Nominative

ar / ir / r

Strong Masculine Plural Accusative

a / i / u / r

Strong Masculine Plural Genitive

a

Strong Masculine Plural Dative

um

Strong Feminine Singular Nominative

0 / r

Strong Feminine Singular Accusative

0 / i

Strong Feminine Singular Genitive

ar / jar / r

Strong Feminine Singular Dative

0 / u / ju / i

Strong Feminine Plural Nominative

ar / ir / jar / r

Strong Feminine Plural Accusative

ar / ir / jar / r

Strong Feminine Plural Genitve

a / ja / 0

Strong Feminine Plural Dative

um / jum / m

Strong Neuter Singular Nominative

0

Strong Neuter Singular Accusative

0

Strong Neuter Singular Genitive

s

Strong Neuter Singular Dative

i / 0

Strong Neuter Plural Nominative

0

Strong Neuter Plural Accusative

0

Strong Neuter Plural Genitive

a / já

Strong Neuter Plural Dative

um / jám / jóm

Weak Masculine Singular Nominative

i

Weak Masculine Singular Accusative

a

Weak Masculine Singular Genitive

a

Weak Masculine Singular Dative

a

Weak Masculine Plural Nominative

ar / r

Weak Masculine Plural Accusative

a / r

Weak Masculine Plural Genitive

a

Weak Masculine Plural Dative

um

Weak Feminine Singular Nominative

a

Weak Feminine Singular Accusative

u

Weak Feminine Singular Genitive

u

Weak Feminine Singular Dative

u

Weak Feminine Plural Nominative

ur

Weak Feminine Plural Accusative

ur

Weak Feminine Plural Genitive

na

Weak Feminine Plural Dative

um

Weak Neuter Singular Nominative

a

Weak Neuter Singular Accusative

a

Weak Neuter Singular Genitive

a

Weak Neuter Singular Dative

a

Weak Neuter Plural Nominative

u

Weak Neuter Plural Accusative

u

Weak Neuter Plural Genitive

na

Weak Neuter Plural Dative

um

When noun endings contain u…

Replace with ǫ with a/to look up the noun

When a strong neuter noun has /ǫ/ in plural nominative/accusative…

replace with a to look up the noun.

Front Mutation variations

a > e

á > æ
o > ø

ó > œ
u > y

ú > ý
au > ey

What does i sometimes become before certain constants?

jǫ

What happens due to assimilation?

R at the end of a word copies the letter before it