hreinn
See also: Hreinn
Icelandic edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Norse hreinn, from Proto-Germanic *hrainiz.
Adjective edit
hreinn (comparative hreinni, superlative hreinastur)
Inflection edit
positive (strong declension)
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | hreinn | hrein | hreint |
accusative | hreinan | hreina | hreint |
dative | hreinum | hreinni | hreinu |
genitive | hreins | hreinnar | hreins |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | hreinir | hreinar | hrein |
accusative | hreina | hreinar | hrein |
dative | hreinum | hreinum | hreinum |
genitive | hreinna | hreinna | hreinna |
positive (weak declension)
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | hreini | hreina | hreina |
accusative | hreina | hreinu | hreina |
dative | hreina | hreinu | hreina |
genitive | hreina | hreinu | hreina |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | hreinu | hreinu | hreinu |
accusative | hreinu | hreinu | hreinu |
dative | hreinu | hreinu | hreinu |
genitive | hreinu | hreinu | hreinu |
comparative
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | hreinni | hreinni | hreinna |
accusative | hreinni | hreinni | hreinna |
dative | hreinni | hreinni | hreinna |
genitive | hreinni | hreinni | hreinna |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | hreinni | hreinni | hreinni |
accusative | hreinni | hreinni | hreinni |
dative | hreinni | hreinni | hreinni |
genitive | hreinni | hreinni | hreinni |
superlative (strong declension)
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | hreinastur | hreinust | hreinast |
accusative | hreinastan | hreinasta | hreinast |
dative | hreinustum | hreinastri | hreinustu |
genitive | hreinasts | hreinastrar | hreinasts |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | hreinastir | hreinastar | hreinust |
accusative | hreinasta | hreinastar | hreinust |
dative | hreinustum | hreinustum | hreinustum |
genitive | hreinastra | hreinastra | hreinastra |
superlative (weak declension)
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | hreinasti | hreinasta | hreinasta |
accusative | hreinasta | hreinustu | hreinasta |
dative | hreinasta | hreinustu | hreinasta |
genitive | hreinasta | hreinustu | hreinasta |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | hreinustu | hreinustu | hreinustu |
accusative | hreinustu | hreinustu | hreinustu |
dative | hreinustu | hreinustu | hreinustu |
genitive | hreinustu | hreinustu | hreinustu |
Antonyms edit
Derived terms edit
- hreinleiki
- hreinn sveinn (“male virgin”)
- hrein mey (“female virgin”)
- hreinlega
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
hreinn m (genitive singular hreins, nominative plural hreinar)
- (male) reindeer
Declension edit
declension of hreinn
Derived terms edit
Old Norse edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Germanic *hrainaz, most likely from Proto-Indo-European *ḱer-. Akin to German Ren (“reindeer”) and Old English hrān (“reindeer”).
Noun edit
hreinn m (genitive hreins, plural hreinar)
Declension edit
Declension of hreinn (strong a-stem)
Derived terms edit
- hreinbjalbi m
- hreindýri n
- hreinstaka f
Descendants edit
- Icelandic: hreinn
- Faroese: rein-, (reindýr, reindjór)
- Norwegian Nynorsk: rein
- → Norwegian Bokmål: rein
- Old Swedish: rēn
- Swedish: ren
- Danish: ren
References edit
- “hreinn”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Entry "hreinn" on page 209 in: Geir T. Zoëga "A Concise Dictionary of Old Islandic", Oxford at the Claredon Press (1910).
Etymology 2 edit
From Proto-Germanic *hrainiz.
Adjective edit
hreinn (comparative hreinni, superlative hreinstr)
Declension edit
Strong declension of hreinn
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | hreinn | hrein | hreint |
accusative | hreinan | hreina | hreint |
dative | hreinum | hreinni | hreinu |
genitive | hreins | hreinnar | hreins |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | hreinir | hreinar | hrein |
accusative | hreina | hreinar | hrein |
dative | hreinum | hreinum | hreinum |
genitive | hreinna | hreinna | hreinna |
Weak declension of hreinn
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | hreini | hreina | hreina |
accusative | hreina | hreinu | hreina |
dative | hreina | hreinu | hreina |
genitive | hreina | hreinu | hreina |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | hreinu | hreinu | hreinu |
accusative | hreinu | hreinu | hreinu |
dative | hreinum | hreinum | hreinum |
genitive | hreinu | hreinu | hreinu |
Declension of comparative of hreinn
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | hreinni | hreinni | hreinna |
accusative | hreinna | hreinni | hreinna |
dative | hreinna | hreinni | hreinna |
genitive | hreinna | hreinni | hreinna |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | hreinni | hreinni | hreinni |
accusative | hreinni | hreinni | hreinni |
dative | hreinnum | hreinnum | hreinnum |
genitive | hreinni | hreinni | hreinni |
Strong declension of superlative of hreinn
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | hreinstr | hreinst | hreinst |
accusative | hreinstan | hreinsta | hreinst |
dative | hreinstum | hreinstri | hreinstu |
genitive | hreinsts | hreinstrar | hreinsts |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | hreinstir | hreinstar | hreinst |
accusative | hreinsta | hreinstar | hreinst |
dative | hreinstum | hreinstum | hreinstum |
genitive | hreinstra | hreinstra | hreinstra |
Weak declension of superlative of hreinn
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | hreinsti | hreinsta | hreinsta |
accusative | hreinsta | hreinstu | hreinsta |
dative | hreinsta | hreinstu | hreinsta |
genitive | hreinsta | hreinstu | hreinsta |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | hreinstu | hreinstu | hreinstu |
accusative | hreinstu | hreinstu | hreinstu |
dative | hreinstum | hreinstum | hreinstum |
genitive | hreinstu | hreinstu | hreinstu |
Derived terms edit
- hreinferði n (“purity”)
- hreinferðugr (“pure, chaste”)
- hreinhjartaðr (“pure of heart”)
- hreinleikr m (“cleanliness; chastity”)
- hreinlifnaðr m (“pure life”)
- hreinliga (“cleanly”)
- hreinligr (“clean, pure”)
- hreinlyndr (“clean of heart”)
- hreinlátr (“clean, chaste”)
- hreinlæti n (“cleanness”)
- hreinlífi n (“pure life”)
- hreinlífr (“pure of life”)
- hreinmannligr (“of a noble or manly bearing”)
- óhreinn (“unclean”)
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- Icelandic: hreinn
- Faroese: reinur
- Norwegian Nynorsk: rein
- → Norwegian Bokmål: rein
- Elfdalian: rien
- Old Swedish: rēn
- Swedish: ren
- Danish: ren
- Norwegian Bokmål: ren
- Gutnish: rainar, rain
References edit
- “hreinn”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press