hjarni

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈçartnɪ/
• Rhymes: -artnɪ

Etymology 1

From Old Norse hjarni (“the brain”), whence the Old Norse hjarnamænir (“the skull”) from Proto-Germanic *hirzniją, *hirsniz (“brain”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂s- (“head”). Cognate with Old High German hirni (“brain”), Swedish hjärna (“brain”), Latin cerebrum (“brain, skull”), Ancient Greek κάρα (kára, “head”), and Old English hærn (“brain”) (whence English harns).

Noun

hjarni m (genitive singular hjarna, nominative plural hjarnar)

1. the cerebrum
2. (computing, dated) computer

Usage notes

• A suggested translation of the word computer, wholly replaced by tölva (“computer”) in 1965.

Synonyms

• (cerebrum): stóri heili, stórheili

Derived terms

• geimhjarni
• hjarnabörkur
• hjarnaskál
• hjarnavængir (corpus striatum)
• hvelatengslalaus hjarni (cerebrum acallosale)
• rákahjarni (corpus striatum)

Etymology 2

Noun

hjarni

1. indefinite dative singular of hjarn

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *herznô, *hirzniją (“brain”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂s- (“head”).

Noun

hjarni m (genitive hjarna)

1. the brain

Declension

  Declension of hjarni (weak an-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	hjarni	hjarninn	hjarnar	hjarnarnir
accusative	hjarna	hjarnann	hjarna	hjarnana
dative	hjarna	hjarnanum	hjǫrnum	hjǫrnunum
genitive	hjarna	hjarnans	hjarna	hjarnanna

Descendants

• Icelandic: hjarni
• Norwegian Nynorsk: hjerne
• Elfdalian: ienne
• Old Swedish: hiærne
  • Swedish: hjärna (from oblique)
• Danish: hjerne
  • Norwegian Bokmål: hjerne
• Gutnish: hjänne, hjärni