hrína

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse hrína, from Proto-Germanic *hrīnaną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈr̥iːna/

  Rhymes: -iːna

Verb

hrína (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative hrein, third-person plural past indicative hrinu, supine hrinið)

1. to grunt (especially of pigs)
2. to cry (noisily)

Conjugation

hrína — active voice (germynd)

infinitive (nafnháttur)		að hrína
supine (sagnbót)		hrinið
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		hrínandi
	indicative (framsöguháttur)			subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur)
present (nútíð)	ég hrín	við hrínum	present (nútíð)	ég hríni	við hrínum
	þú hrín	þið hrínið		þú hrínir	þið hrínið
	hann, hún, það hrín	þeir, þær, þau hrína		hann, hún, það hríni	þeir, þær, þau hríni
past (þátíð)	ég hrein	við hrinum	past (þátíð)	ég hrini	við hrinum
	þú hreinst	þið hrinuð		þú hrinir	þið hrinuð
	hann, hún, það hrein	þeir, þær, þau hrinu		hann, hún, það hrini	þeir, þær, þau hrinu
imperative (boðháttur)	hrín (þú)	hrínið (þið)
	Forms with appended personal pronoun
	hríndu	hríniði *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

Synonyms

• (cry): gráta

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hrīnaną.

Verb

hrína (singular past indicative hrein, plural past indicative hrinu, past participle hrininn)

1. (intransitive) to squeal (of swine)
2. (with preposition)
   hrína á e-m

   to take effect

Conjugation

Conjugation of hrína — active (strong class 1)

infinitive	hrína
present participle	hrínandi
past participle	hrininn
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	hrín	hrein
2nd-person singular	hrínn	hreint
3rd-person singular	hrínn	hrein
1st-person plural	hrínum	hrinum
2nd-person plural	hrínið	hrinuð
3rd-person plural	hrína	hrinu
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	hrína	hrina
2nd-person singular	hrínir	hrinir
3rd-person singular	hríni	hrini
1st-person plural	hrínim	hrinim
2nd-person plural	hrínið	hrinið
3rd-person plural	hríni	hrini
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	hrín
1st-person plural	hrínum
2nd-person plural	hrínið

Conjugation of hrína — mediopassive (strong class 1)

infinitive	hrínask
present participle	hrínandisk
past participle	hrinizk
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	hrínumk	hrinumk
2nd-person singular	hrínsk	hreinzk
3rd-person singular	hrínsk	hreinsk
1st-person plural	hrínumsk	hrinumsk
2nd-person plural	hrínizk	hrinuzk
3rd-person plural	hrínask	hrinusk
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	hrínumk	hrinumk
2nd-person singular	hrínisk	hrinisk
3rd-person singular	hrínisk	hrinisk
1st-person plural	hrínimsk	hrinimsk
2nd-person plural	hrínizk	hrinizk
3rd-person plural	hrínisk	hrinisk
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	hrínsk
1st-person plural	hrínumsk
2nd-person plural	hrínizk

Related terms

• hreina
• hrinr m

Descendants

• Icelandic: hrína
• Faroese: rína
• Norwegian:
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: rine
  • Norwegian Bokmål: rine (weak)

References

• hrína in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.