steinn
See also: Steinn
Icelandic
editEtymology
editFrom Old Norse steinn (“stone”), from Proto-Norse ᛊᛏᚨᛁᚾᚨᛉ (stainaʀ), from Proto-Germanic *stainaz (“stone”). Cognate with English stone, German Stein, Dutch steen, Danish sten, Norwegian Bokmål sten, Norwegian Nynorsk stein, Swedish sten, Faroese steinur, West Frisian stien, Low German Steen. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *steyh₂- (“something hard”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editsteinn m (genitive singular steins, nominative plural steinar)
Declension
editDerived terms
editTerms derived from steinn (“stone”)
- augasteinn (“eyeball”)
- brennisteinn (“brimstone, sulfur”)
- eðalsteinn (“gemstone, jewel”)
- gimsteinn (“gemstone, jewel”)
- hrapsteinn (“shooting star”)
- loftsteinn (“meteorite”)
- segulsteinn (“lodestone”)
- steingeit (“ibex, Capricorn”)
- þungsteinn (“tungsten”)
- á milli steins og sleggju (“between the anvil and the sledge-hammer”)
- fara í steininn (“to go to jail”)
- setjast í helgan stein (“to retire”)
- þegja eins og steinn (“silent as the grave”)
Terms derived from steinn (“calculus”)
- blóðsteinn (“blood calculus”)
- blöðrusteinn (“vesical calculus, cystolith”)
- brissteinn (“pancreatic calculus, pancreolith”)
- eyrnasteinn (“aural calculus”)
- gallsteinn (“biliary calculus”)
- garnasteinn (“intestinal calculus, enterolith, alvinolith”)
- hvekksteinn (“prostatic calculus, prostatolith”)
- kóralsteinn (“coral calculus, dendrite calculus, staghorn calculus”)
- lifrarsteinn (“hepatic calculus”)
- munnvatnssteinn (“salivary calculus, ptyalith, ptyalolith, sialolith”)
- nefholssteinn (“nasal calculus, rhinolite”)
- nýrasteinn (“renal calculus, kidney stone, nephrolith”)
- tannsteinn (“dental calculus, odontolith, tartar”)
- trefjasteinn (“fibrinous calculus”)
- þvagfærasteinn (“urinary calculus”)
- þvagrásarsteinn (“urethral calculus, calculus urethralis”)
- þvagsteinn (“urinary calculus”)
Anagrams
editOld Norse
editAlternative forms
edit- ᛋᛏᛡᛁᚾ (stᴀin), ᛋᛏᛅᛁᚾ (stain), ᛋᛏᛁᚾ (stin)
- stæinn — Old East Norse
Etymology
editFrom Proto-Norse ᛊᛏᚨᛁᚾᚨᛉ (stainaʀ), from Proto-Germanic *stainaz (“stone”). Cognate with Old English stān, Old Frisian stēn, Old Saxon stēn, Old High German stein, Gothic 𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍃 (stains).
Ultimately from Pre-Germanic *stoyh₂nos, o-grade of Proto-Indo-European *steyh₂- (“to stiffen”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editsteinn m (genitive steins, plural steinar)
- a stone, boulder, rock
- a precious stone
- Óláfs saga helga 46, in 1829, Þ. Guðmundsson, C. C. Rafn, Þ. Helgason, Fornmanna sögur, Volume IV. Copenhagen, page 75:
- […] ok bitullinn var settr dýrum steinum.
- […] and the bridle was inlaid with costly precious stones.
- Óláfs saga helga 46, in 1829, Þ. Guðmundsson, C. C. Rafn, Þ. Helgason, Fornmanna sögur, Volume IV. Copenhagen, page 75:
- (medicine) a calculus, gravel
- Hrafns saga 4, in 1858, J. Sigurðsson, G. Vigfússon, Biskupa sögur, Volume I. Copenhagen, page 644:
- Ok síðan skar hann um endilangt með knífi, ok tók í brott tvo steina; […]
- And then cut him wide open with a knife and took away two calculi; […]
- Hrafns saga 4, in 1858, J. Sigurðsson, G. Vigfússon, Biskupa sögur, Volume I. Copenhagen, page 644:
- mineral blee, colour, paint
- Separate Saga of St. Olaf 112, in 1853, P. A. Munch, C. R. Unger, Saga Olafs konungs ens Helga. Christiania, page 124:
- […] steint beði hvitom steini oc ravðum. […]
- […] bed painted with white colour and red, […]
- Separate Saga of St. Olaf 112, in 1853, P. A. Munch, C. R. Unger, Saga Olafs konungs ens Helga. Christiania, page 124:
- a stone building, cloister, cell (especially of an anchoret)
- Óláfs saga Tryggvasonar 75, in 1835, F. Magnússon, C. C. Rafn, Fornmanna sögur, Volume X. Copenhagen, page 373:
- […] oc valði sèr til bygþar æinn stein, […]
- […] and chose a stone hermitage as an abode, […]
- Óláfs saga Tryggvasonar 75, in 1835, F. Magnússon, C. C. Rafn, Fornmanna sögur, Volume X. Copenhagen, page 373:
Declension
edit Declension of steinn (strong a-stem)
Derived terms
edit- augasteinn, augnasteinn (“pupil”)
- brennasteinn, brennisteinn (“brimstone, sulphur”)
- gimsteinn (“gemstone, jewel”)
- segulsteinn (“lodestone”)
- steina (“to stain”)
- steinblindr (“stone-blind”)
- steinbítr (“seawolf”)
- steindelfr (“wagtail”)
- steingeit (“ibex”)
- steingeitarmerki (“Capricorn”)
- steinhjarta (“heart of stone”)
- steinkast (“stone's throw”)
- steinligr (“stony”)
- steinmeistari (“stonemason”)
- steinpikka (“mason's pick”)
- steinsetja (“to set in stone”)
- steinsmið (“stonemasonry”)
- steinsmiðr (“stonemason”)
- steinsmíði (“articles worked of stone”)
- steinsótt (“calculus”)
- steintjald (“coloured tent”)
- steintálga (“stonemasonry”)
- steinóði, steinóðr (“violent”)
- steinþró (“stone coffin”)
- á milli steins ok sleggju (“between the anvil and the sledge-hammer”)
Descendants
editReferences
edit- “steinn”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- steinn in An Icelandic-English Dictionary, R. Cleasby and G. Vigfússon, Clarendon Press, 1874, at Internet Archive.
- steinn in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.
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