heiðinn
Icelandic
editEtymology
editAdjective
editheiðinn (feminine heiðin, neuter heiðið)
Inflection
edit positive (strong declension)
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | heiðinn | heiðin | heiðið |
accusative | heiðinn | heiðna | heiðið |
dative | heiðnum | heiðinni | heiðnu |
genitive | heiðins | heiðinnar | heiðins |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | heiðnir | heiðnar | heiðin |
accusative | heiðna | heiðnar | heiðin |
dative | heiðnum | heiðnum | heiðnum |
genitive | heiðinna | heiðinna | heiðinna |
positive (weak declension)
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | heiðni | heiðna | heiðna |
accusative | heiðna | heiðnu | heiðna |
dative | heiðna | heiðnu | heiðna |
genitive | heiðna | heiðnu | heiðna |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | heiðnu | heiðnu | heiðnu |
accusative | heiðnu | heiðnu | heiðnu |
dative | heiðnu | heiðnu | heiðnu |
genitive | heiðnu | heiðnu | heiðnu |
comparative
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | heiðnari | heiðnari | heiðnara |
accusative | heiðnari | heiðnari | heiðnara |
dative | heiðnari | heiðnari | heiðnara |
genitive | heiðnari | heiðnari | heiðnara |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | heiðnari | heiðnari | heiðnari |
accusative | heiðnari | heiðnari | heiðnari |
dative | heiðnari | heiðnari | heiðnari |
genitive | heiðnari | heiðnari | heiðnari |
superlative (strong declension)
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | heiðnastur | heiðnust | heiðnast |
accusative | heiðnastan | heiðnasta | heiðnast |
dative | heiðnustum | heiðnastri | heiðnustu |
genitive | heiðnasts | heiðnastrar | heiðnasts |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | heiðnastir | heiðnastar | heiðnust |
accusative | heiðnasta | heiðnastar | heiðnust |
dative | heiðnustum | heiðnustum | heiðnustum |
genitive | heiðnastra | heiðnastra | heiðnastra |
superlative (weak declension)
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | heiðnasti | heiðnasta | heiðnasta |
accusative | heiðnasta | heiðnustu | heiðnasta |
dative | heiðnasta | heiðnustu | heiðnasta |
genitive | heiðnasta | heiðnustu | heiðnasta |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | heiðnustu | heiðnustu | heiðnustu |
accusative | heiðnustu | heiðnustu | heiðnustu |
dative | heiðnustu | heiðnustu | heiðnustu |
genitive | heiðnustu | heiðnustu | heiðnustu |
Derived terms
edit- heiðnir menn (“heathens”)
- heiðni f (“heathenism, the heathen country, the time of heathendom”)
- heiðin-dómur (“heathendom”)
- heiðingi m (“heathen, gentile”, noun)
- heiðinglegur (“heathen”, adjective)
- heiðnast (“to become heathen”)
Old Norse
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Germanic *haiþinaz, probably a specifically Christian use of the base of heiðr (“uncultivated land”). Compare Old English hæþen.
Adjective
editheiðinn
Declension
edit Strong declension of heiðinn
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | heiðinn | heiðin | heiðit |
accusative | heiðnan | heiðna | heiðit |
dative | heiðnum | heiðinni | heiðnu |
genitive | heiðins | heiðinnar | heiðins |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | heiðnir | heiðnar | heiðin |
accusative | heiðna | heiðnar | heiðin |
dative | heiðnum | heiðnum | heiðnum |
genitive | heiðinna | heiðinna | heiðinna |
Weak declension of heiðinn
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | heiðni | heiðna | heiðna |
accusative | heiðna | heiðnu | heiðna |
dative | heiðna | heiðnu | heiðna |
genitive | heiðna | heiðnu | heiðna |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | heiðnu | heiðnu | heiðnu |
accusative | heiðnu | heiðnu | heiðnu |
dative | heiðnum | heiðnum | heiðnum |
genitive | heiðnu | heiðnu | heiðnu |
Declension of comparative of heiðinn
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | heiðnari | heiðnari | heiðnara |
accusative | heiðnara | heiðnari | heiðnara |
dative | heiðnara | heiðnari | heiðnara |
genitive | heiðnara | heiðnari | heiðnara |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | heiðnari | heiðnari | heiðnari |
accusative | heiðnari | heiðnari | heiðnari |
dative | heiðnurum | heiðnurum | heiðnurum |
genitive | heiðnari | heiðnari | heiðnari |
Strong declension of superlative of heiðinn
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | heiðnastr | heiðnust | heiðnast |
accusative | heiðnastan | heiðnasta | heiðnast |
dative | heiðnustum | heiðnastri | heiðnustu |
genitive | heiðnasts | heiðnastrar | heiðnasts |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | heiðnastir | heiðnastar | heiðnust |
accusative | heiðnasta | heiðnastar | heiðnust |
dative | heiðnustum | heiðnustum | heiðnustum |
genitive | heiðnastra | heiðnastra | heiðnastra |
Weak declension of superlative of heiðinn
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | heiðnasti | heiðnasta | heiðnasta |
accusative | heiðnasta | heiðnustu | heiðnasta |
dative | heiðnasta | heiðnustu | heiðnasta |
genitive | heiðnasta | heiðnustu | heiðnasta |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | heiðnustu | heiðnustu | heiðnustu |
accusative | heiðnustu | heiðnustu | heiðnustu |
dative | heiðnustum | heiðnustum | heiðnustum |
genitive | heiðnustu | heiðnustu | heiðnustu |
References
edit- heiðinn in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.
- Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.