gullinn

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse gullinn, from Proto-Germanic *gulþīnaz (“golden”).

Adjective

gullinn (not comparable)

1. golden

Declension

    positive (strong declension)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	gullinn	gullin	gullið
accusative	gullinn	gullna	gullið
dative	gullnum	gullinni	gullnu
genitive	gullins	gullinnar	gullins
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	gullnir	gullnar	gullin
accusative	gullna	gullnar	gullin
dative	gullnum	gullnum	gullnum
genitive	gullinna	gullinna	gullinna

    positive (weak declension)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	gullni	gullna	gullna
accusative	gullna	gullnu	gullna
dative	gullna	gullnu	gullna
genitive	gullna	gullnu	gullna
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	gullnu	gullnu	gullnu
accusative	gullnu	gullnu	gullnu
dative	gullnu	gullnu	gullnu
genitive	gullnu	gullnu	gullnu

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *gulþīnaz. Akin to gull +‎ -inn.

Adjective

gullinn

1. golden

Declension

    Strong declension of gullinn

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	gullinn	gullin	gullint
accusative	gullnan	gullna	gullint
dative	gullnum	gullinni	gullnu
genitive	gullins	gullinnar	gullins
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	gullnir	gullnar	gullin
accusative	gullna	gullnar	gullin
dative	gullnum	gullnum	gullnum
genitive	gullinna	gullinna	gullinna

    Weak declension of gullinn

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	gullni	gullna	gullna
accusative	gullna	gullnu	gullna
dative	gullna	gullnu	gullna
genitive	gullna	gullnu	gullna
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	gullnu	gullnu	gullnu
accusative	gullnu	gullnu	gullnu
dative	gullnum	gullnum	gullnum
genitive	gullnu	gullnu	gullnu

Descendants

• Icelandic: gullinn
• Swedish: gyllene, gyllen-
• Danish: gylden

References

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