safninu
Safninu is the dative singular form of the Icelandic noun safn, which generally means a collection or a museum. In practice, safn can refer to a grouping of objects gathered for study or display, and in modern usage it is most commonly encountered as the word for a museum or institution that houses a collection. The definite singular form safnið is used when referring to a specific collection or museum, while safninu appears in contexts that require the dative case, often with prepositions or verbs that indicate location or direction.
The word safn derives from Icelandic safna, meaning to collect, and has cognates in other Scandinavian languages.
Usage notes: safninu appears when the noun is in the dative case, for example after prepositions that
In Icelandic, safn (and its forms safnið, safninu, safnsins) is widely used to discuss cultural heritage institutions