*airiwakraz

Runic: ᚨᛁᚱᛁᚹᚨᚲᚱᚨᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈɑi̯.ri.ˌwɑk.rɑz/

adjective · a-stem

Meanings

early-awake

Etymology

From *airi + *wakraz. Attested in Old High German in Die althochdeutschen Glossen as erachari (normalized as *eracar/*erachar) glossing Latin antelucanum ((Braune & Reiffenstein 2004; Schatz 1907: 94) and in Old Norse in the Grímnismál edda as Arvacr/Árvakr (Mattioli 2018: 131, 220).

Declension

Strong declension

Case	Sg. Masc.	Sg. Fem.	Sg. Neut.	Pl. Masc.	Pl. Fem.	Pl. Neut.
Nom.	airiwakraz	airiwakrō	airiwakrą, -atō	airiwakrai	airiwakrôz	airiwakrō
Acc.	airiwakranǭ	airiwakrǭ	airiwakrą, -atō	airiwakranz	airiwakrōz	airiwakrō
Gen.	airiwakras, -is	airiwakraizōz	airiwakras, -is	airiwakraizǫ̂	airiwakraizǫ̂	airiwakraizǫ̂
Dat.	airiwakrammai	airiwakraizōi	airiwakrammai	airiwakraimaz	airiwakraimaz	airiwakraimaz
Inst.	airiwakranō	airiwakraizō	airiwakranō	airiwakraimiz	airiwakraimiz	airiwakraimiz

Weak declension

Case	Sg. Masc.	Sg. Fem.	Sg. Neut.	Pl. Masc.	Pl. Fem.	Pl. Neut.
Nom.	airiwakrô	airiwakrǭ	airiwakrô	airiwakraniz	airiwakrōniz	airiwakrōnō
Acc.	airiwakranų	airiwakrōnų	airiwakrô	airiwakranunz	airiwakrōnunz	airiwakrōnō
Gen.	airiwakriniz	airiwakrōniz	airiwakriniz	airiwakranǫ̂	airiwakrōnǫ̂	airiwakranǫ̂
Dat.	airiwakrini	airiwakrōni	airiwakrini	airiwakrammaz	airiwakrōmaz	airiwakrammaz
Inst.	airiwakrinē	airiwakrōnē	airiwakrinē	airiwakrammiz	airiwakrōmiz	airiwakrammiz

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Descendants

*airiwak(k)r (Proto-West Germanic)
- erachari (<*eracer/*eracher) (Old High German)
arvacr/árvakr (Old Norse)
- árvakur (Icelandic)

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