IcelandicEdit

Icelandic cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : einn
    Ordinal : fyrstur

EtymologyEdit

From Old Norse einn, from Proto-Germanic *ainaz. Cognates include Norwegian Bokmål en, Faroese ein and Danish en.

PronunciationEdit

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NumeralEdit

einn (feminine ein, neuter eitt)

  1. one

PronounEdit

einn

  1. one
    Synonyms: einhver, maður

AdjectiveEdit

einn

  1. alone
    • 1894, Sigfús B. Blöndal, “Skapbrigði (sex kvæði frá ýmsum tímum)”, in Sunnanfari; mánaðarblað með myndum, volume IV, number 3, page 20:
      Ég er einn, svo óttalega einn.
      I am alone, so terribly alone.
    Synonyms: aleinn, einsamall

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Old NorseEdit

Old Norse numbers (edit)
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    Cardinal: einn
    Ordinal: fyrstr
    Multiplier: einfaldr
    Distributive: einfaldliga
    Fractional: heill

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Germanic *ainaz, from Proto-Indo-European *óynos. Compare Old Saxon en, Old English an, Old Frisian en, Old High German ein, Gothic 𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍃 (ains).

NumeralEdit

einn

  1. (cardinal number) one

PronounEdit

einn

  1. one
  2. (in the plural) some, a few

AdjectiveEdit

einn

  1. (in the plural) alone

DeclensionEdit

DescendantsEdit

  • Icelandic: einn
  • Faroese: ein
  • Norn: en
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: ein
  • Dalecarlian: jenn
  • Old Swedish: ēn
    • Swedish: en
  • Old Danish:
  • Gutnish: en, ann, h'en

ReferencesEdit

  • einn”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Entry "einn" on page 108 in: Geir T. Zoëga "A Concise Dictionary of Old Islandic", Oxford at the Claredon Press (1910).