See also: mèinn

Old Norse

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *mainaz.

Adjective

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meinn

  1. painful
  2. causing pain

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Icelandic: meinn
  • Faroese: meinur
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: mein, mein-

References

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