loðinn

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse loðinn, past participle of a verb derived from Proto-Germanic *leudaną. Compare Old English lēodan (“to grow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɔːðɪn(ː)/

Adjective

loðinn (comparative loðnari, superlative loðnastur)

1. hairy, furry

Declension

    positive (strong declension)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	loðinn	loðin	loðið
accusative	loðinn	loðna	loðið
dative	loðnum	loðinni	loðnu
genitive	loðins	loðinnar	loðins
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	loðnir	loðnar	loðin
accusative	loðna	loðnar	loðin
dative	loðnum	loðnum	loðnum
genitive	loðinna	loðinna	loðinna

    positive (weak declension)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	loðni	loðna	loðna
accusative	loðna	loðnu	loðna
dative	loðna	loðnu	loðna
genitive	loðna	loðnu	loðna
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	loðnu	loðnu	loðnu
accusative	loðnu	loðnu	loðnu
dative	loðnu	loðnu	loðnu
genitive	loðnu	loðnu	loðnu

    comparative

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	loðnari	loðnari	loðnara
accusative	loðnari	loðnari	loðnara
dative	loðnari	loðnari	loðnara
genitive	loðnari	loðnari	loðnara
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	loðnari	loðnari	loðnari
accusative	loðnari	loðnari	loðnari
dative	loðnari	loðnari	loðnari
genitive	loðnari	loðnari	loðnari

    superlative (strong declension)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	loðnastur	loðnust	loðnast
accusative	loðnastan	loðnasta	loðnast
dative	loðnustum	loðnastri	loðnustu
genitive	loðnasts	loðnastrar	loðnasts
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	loðnastir	loðnastar	loðnust
accusative	loðnasta	loðnastar	loðnust
dative	loðnustum	loðnustum	loðnustum
genitive	loðnastra	loðnastra	loðnastra

    superlative (weak declension)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	loðnasti	loðnasta	loðnasta
accusative	loðnasta	loðnustu	loðnasta
dative	loðnasta	loðnustu	loðnasta
genitive	loðnasta	loðnustu	loðnasta
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	loðnustu	loðnustu	loðnustu
accusative	loðnustu	loðnustu	loðnustu
dative	loðnustu	loðnustu	loðnustu
genitive	loðnustu	loðnustu	loðnustu

Derived terms

• loðna (“hairiness”)

Old Norse

Etymology

Past participle of a verb derived from Proto-Germanic *leudaną. Compare Old English lēodan (“to grow”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁lewdʰ- (“to grow; people”), whence also Old Norse lýðr (“people”).

Adjective

loðinn (comparative loðnari, superlative loðnastr)

1. hairy, shaggy, woolly

   ær loðnar ok lembdar

   ewes in fleece and with lamb

2. covered with thick grass

Declension

    Strong declension of loðinn

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	loðinn	loðin	loðit
accusative	loðnan	loðna	loðit
dative	loðnum	loðinni	loðnu
genitive	loðins	loðinnar	loðins
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	loðnir	loðnar	loðin
accusative	loðna	loðnar	loðin
dative	loðnum	loðnum	loðnum
genitive	loðinna	loðinna	loðinna

    Weak declension of loðinn

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	loðni	loðna	loðna
accusative	loðna	loðnu	loðna
dative	loðna	loðnu	loðna
genitive	loðna	loðnu	loðna
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	loðnu	loðnu	loðnu
accusative	loðnu	loðnu	loðnu
dative	loðnum	loðnum	loðnum
genitive	loðnu	loðnu	loðnu

    Declension of comparative of loðinn

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	loðnari	loðnari	loðnara
accusative	loðnara	loðnari	loðnara
dative	loðnara	loðnari	loðnara
genitive	loðnara	loðnari	loðnara
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	loðnari	loðnari	loðnari
accusative	loðnari	loðnari	loðnari
dative	loðnurum	loðnurum	loðnurum
genitive	loðnari	loðnari	loðnari

    Strong declension of superlative of loðinn

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	loðnastr	loðnust	loðnast
accusative	loðnastan	loðnasta	loðnast
dative	loðnustum	loðnastri	loðnustu
genitive	loðnasts	loðnastrar	loðnasts
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	loðnastir	loðnastar	loðnust
accusative	loðnasta	loðnastar	loðnust
dative	loðnustum	loðnustum	loðnustum
genitive	loðnastra	loðnastra	loðnastra

    Weak declension of superlative of loðinn

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	loðnasti	loðnasta	loðnasta
accusative	loðnasta	loðnustu	loðnasta
dative	loðnasta	loðnustu	loðnasta
genitive	loðnasta	loðnustu	loðnasta
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	loðnustu	loðnustu	loðnustu
accusative	loðnustu	loðnustu	loðnustu
dative	loðnustum	loðnustum	loðnustum
genitive	loðnustu	loðnustu	loðnustu

Related terms

• loðbrók f (“shaggy breeks”)
• loði m (“fur cloak”)
• loðinhǫfði m (“shaggy head”)
• loðinkinni m (“shaggy cheek”)
• loðkápa f (“fur cloak”)
• loðolpa f (“a large fur doublet”)

Descendants

• Icelandic: loðinn
• Norwegian Nynorsk: lòden
• Swedish: luden
• Danish: lodden
  • Norwegian Bokmål: lodden

References

• loðinn in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.