Old Norse morphology

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Old Norse morphology is the inflectional system of the Old Norse language, characterized by rich noun declensions, verb conjugations, and grammatical gender that underlie many modern North Germanic languages.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf linguistic phenomenon
morphological system
appliesTo Norse
surface form: Old Norse language
characterizedBy grammatical gender
noun declension
rich inflection
verb conjugation
hasAdjectiveDeclensionType strong adjective declension
weak adjective declension
hasCaseCategory accusative
dative
genitive
nominative
hasFeature agreement between adjectives and nouns
inflected definite article (suffixed article in some dialects)
inflected definite forms of adjectives
rich nominal inflection
rich verbal inflection
hasGenderCategory feminine
masculine
neuter
hasMoodCategory imperative
indicative
subjunctive
hasNounDeclensionType i-stem noun declension
root noun declension
strong noun declension
u-stem noun declension
weak noun declension
hasNumberCategory dual (in pronouns)
plural
singular
hasPronounCategory demonstrative pronoun
interrogative pronoun
personal pronoun
relative pronoun
hasTenseCategory present
preterite
hasVerbClass anomalous verb
preterite-present verb
strong verb
weak verb
hasVoiceCategory active
middle (reflexive -sk)
influenced Danish morphology
Faroese morphology
Standard Icelandic
surface form: Icelandic morphology

Norwegian morphology
Swedish morphology
languageFamilyContext North Germanic languages
partOf Old Norse grammar
relatedTo Proto-Germanic morphology
Proto-Norse morphology
timePeriod Viking Age
surface form: Viking Age and medieval Scandinavia
usesInflectionFor case marking
gender agreement
mood marking
number marking
person marking
tense marking

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Elfdalian hasPreservedFeatureFrom Old Norse morphology
Faroese language preservesFeatureFrom Old Norse morphology