freistni

Old Norse

Etymology

Probably from freistinn.

Noun

freistni f

1. temptation
2. trial

Declension

  Declension of freistni (weak īn-stem, singular only)

feminine	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	freistni	freistnin
accusative	freistni	freistnina
dative	freistni	freistninni
genitive	freistni	freistninnar

References

• “freistni”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press