arinn

See also: árinn and ærinn

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse arinn, whence also Danish arne.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaːrɪnː/

Noun

arinn m (genitive singular arins, nominative plural arnar)

1. fireplace, hearth

Declension

declension of arinn

m-s1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	arinn	arinninn	arnar	arnarnir
accusative	arin	arininn	arna	arnana
dative	arni	arninum	örnum	örnunum
genitive	arins	arinsins	arna	arnanna

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Old Norse

Etymology

From a Proto-Germanic derivative of Proto-Indo-European *h₂eHs- (“hearth, ashes”). See also Gothic 𐌰𐌶𐌲𐍉 (azgō), Proto-West Germanic *askā (“ash”).

Noun

arinn m

1. a hearth, a fireplace
2. an elevated platform

Declension

  Declension of arinn (strong a-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	arinn	arinninn	arnar	arnarnir
accusative	arin	arininn	arna	arnana
dative	arni	arninum	ǫrnum	ǫrnunum
genitive	arins	arinsins	arna	arnanna

References

• arinn in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 265