Old Norse morphology
E72960
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.
Statements (60)
| 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 ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.