brún

See also: brun, Brun, brün, and brůn

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse brún.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [prʉun]
• Homophone: brúm

Noun

brún f (genitive singular brúnar, plural brýr)

1. brow
2. (archaic) brim

Declension

f24	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	brún	brúnin	brýr	brýrnar
accusative	brún	brúnna	brýr	brýrnar
dative	brún	brúnni	brúm	brúnum
genitive	brúnar	brúnarinnar	brúna	brúnanna

Adjective

brún

1. inflection of brúnur (“brown”):
   1. feminine nominative singular
   2. neuter nominative/accusative plural

Declension

Declension of brún (a1)
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	brúnur	brún	brúnt
Accusative	brúnan	brúna	brúnt
Dative	brúnum	brúnari	brúnum
Genitive	brúns	brúnar	brúns
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	brúnir	brúnar	brún
Accusative	brúnar	brúnar	brún
Dative	brúnum	brúnum	brúnum
Genitive	brúna	brúna	brúna

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pruːn/

  Rhymes: -uːn

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Norse brún (plural brýnn, later also brúnir), perhaps from Proto-Germanic *brūwō, *brūwǭ (plural *brūniz < *brūwōniz).

Noun

brún f (genitive singular brúnar, nominative plural brúnir or (in fixed expressions) brýn or (colloquial) brýr)

1. brow, eyebrow

Declension

Declension of brún (feminine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	brún	brúnin	brúnir, brýn1, brýr2	brúnirnar, brýnnar3, brýrnar2
accusative	brún	brúnina	brúnir, brýn1, brýr2	brúnirnar, brýnnar3, brýrnar2
dative	brún	brúninni	brúnum	brúnunum
genitive	brúnar	brúnarinnar	brúna	brúnanna

¹In fixed expressions.
²Colloquial.
³Literary.

Note: The archaic nominative and accusative plural brýn is mostly used in fixed expressions, such as bera á brýn (“to accuse [someone] of [something]”). The definite nominative and accusative plural brýnnar finds slightly more use, mostly in expressions like hnykla brýnnar and setja í brýnnar. This latter form, pronounced /ˈpritnar/, has also been reanalyzed as brýrnar (and is often so spelled), and has given rise to the indefinite plural form brýr. Both brýrnar and brýr are proscribed, although they have been in use since at least the 17th century. Compare Faroese brún, plural brýr.

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old Norse brún (plural brúnir), from Proto-Germanic *brūniz.

Noun

brún f (genitive singular brúnar, nominative plural brúnir)

1. rim, edge

Declension

Declension of brún (feminine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	brún	brúnin	brúnir	brúnirnar
accusative	brún	brúnina	brúnir	brúnirnar
dative	brún	brúninni	brúnum	brúnunum
genitive	brúnar	brúnarinnar	brúna	brúnanna

Etymology 3

Adjective

brún

1. feminine singular of brúnn (“brown”)

Old Norse

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *brūwō.

Noun

brún f (genitive brúnar, plural brýnn)

1. sharp edge, rim
2. eyebrow

Declension

  Declension of brún (strong consonant stem)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	brún	brúnin	brýnn	brýnnar
accusative	brún	brúnina	brýnn	brýnnar
dative	brún	brúninni	brúnum	brúnunum
genitive	brúnar	brúnarinnar	brúna	brúnanna

Descendants

From the singular brún.

• Icelandic: brún
• Faroese: brún
• Norwegian Nynorsk: brun
• Old Swedish: brun

From the plural brýnn f pl.

• Norwegian Nynorsk: bryn n
• Norwegian Bokmål: bryn n
• Swedish: bryn n
• Danish: bryn n

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

brún

1. inflection of brúnn (“brown”):
   1. strong feminine nominative singular
   2. strong neuter nominative/accusative plural