See also: meinä

Faroese edit

Etymology edit

From late Old Norse meina, from Middle Low German meinen, mēnen (to mean), from Old Saxon mēnian.

Verb edit

meina (third person singular past indicative meinaði, third person plural past indicative meinað, supine meinað)

  1. to damage, to hurt
  2. to prevent, to avoid

Conjugation edit

Conjugation of meina (group v-30)
infinitive meina
supine meinað
participle (a6)1 meinandi meinaður
present past
first singular meini meinaði
second singular meinar meinaði
third singular meinar meinaði
plural meina meinaðu
imperative
singular meina!
plural meinið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

Verb edit

meina

  1. to mean, to hold, to claim
    • eg meini tað (with stress on meini)
      ah well

Conjugation edit

Conjugation of meina (group v-29-2)
infinitive meina
supine meinað/
meint
participle (a5/
a39)1
meinandi meintur
present past
first singular meini meinti
second singular meinar/
meinir
meinti
third singular meinar/
meinir
meinti
plural meina meintu
imperative
singular meina/
mein
!
plural meinið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

Gothic edit

Romanization edit

meina

  1. Romanization of 𐌼𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌰

Icelandic edit

Etymology edit

From late Old Norse meina, from Middle Low German meinen, mēnen (to mean), from Old Saxon mēnian.

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

meina (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative meinti, supine meint)

  1. to think, be of a certain opinion
  2. to mean
  3. (emphatically) to really mean, to not be joking

Conjugation edit

Verb edit

meina (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative meinaði, supine meinað)

  1. to prohibit or prevent (something, someone from doing something)

Conjugation edit

Norwegian Bokmål edit

Noun edit

meina n

  1. definite plural of mein

Norwegian Nynorsk edit

Alternative forms edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /²mɛɪːna/ (verbs)

Etymology 1 edit

From Old Norse meina, from Middle Low German meinen, mēnen, from Old Saxon mēnian, from Proto-West Germanic *mainijan, from Proto-Germanic *mainijaną. The noun is derived from the verb.

Alternative forms edit

Verb edit

meina (present tense meiner, past tense meinte, past participle meint, passive infinitive meinast, present participle meinande, imperative mein)

  1. to mean (convey meaning)
    Kva meiner dei med dette?
    What do they mean by this?
  2. think (to be of the opinion)
    Synonyms: tru, tenkja
    Eg veit ikkje kva eg skal meina om dette.
    I don't know what to think about this.
Derived terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

From Old Norse meina.

Verb edit

meina (present tense meinar, past tense meina, past participle meina, passive infinitive meinast, present participle meinande, imperative meina/mein)

  1. to harm

Etymology 3 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

meina n

  1. definite plural of mein

Etymology 4 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

meina f

  1. definite singular of meine

References edit

Old Norse edit

Etymology 1 edit

Probably of the noun mein (harm).

Verb edit

meina

  1. (transitive with accusative) to harm
    1. (transitive with dative) to do harm to
  2. to hinder, prevent
  3. to forbid, prohibit
Conjugation edit
Descendants edit
  • Icelandic: meina
  • Faroese: meina
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: meina, meine
  • Old Swedish: mēna

Etymology 2 edit

From Middle Low German meinen, mēnen, from Old Saxon mēnian, from Proto-West Germanic *mainijan, from Proto-Germanic *mainijaną.

Verb edit

meina

  1. (rare) to mean (think)
Conjugation edit
Descendants edit

Etymology 3 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective edit

meina

  1. inflection of meinn:
    1. strong feminine accusative singular
    2. strong masculine accusative plural
    3. weak masculine oblique cases singular
    4. weak feminine nominative singular
    5. weak neuter all cases singular

Noun edit

meina n

  1. genitive plural of mein

References edit

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