Icelandic edit

Icelandic cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : einn
    Ordinal : fyrstur

Etymology edit

From Old Norse einn, from Proto-Germanic *ainaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos. Cognates include Norwegian Bokmål en, Faroese ein and Danish en.

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Numeral edit

einn (feminine ein, neuter eitt)

  1. one

Pronoun edit

einn

  1. one
    Synonyms: einhver, maður

Adjective edit

einn

  1. alone
    Synonyms: aleinn, einsamall
    • 1894, Sigfús B. Blöndal, “Skapbrigði (sex kvæði frá ýmsum tímum)”, in Sunnanfari; mánaðarblað með myndum, volume IV, number 3, page 20:
      Ég er einn, svo óttalega einn.
      I am alone, so terribly alone.

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Old Norse edit

Old Norse numbers (edit)
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    Cardinal: einn
    Ordinal: fyrstr
    Multiplier: einfaldr
    Distributive: einfaldliga
    Fractional: heill

Etymology edit

From Proto-Germanic *ainaz, from Proto-Indo-European *óynos. Compare Old Saxon en, Old English an, Old Frisian en, Old High German ein, Gothic 𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍃 (ains).

Numeral edit

einn

  1. (cardinal number) one

Pronoun edit

einn

  1. one
  2. (in the plural) some, a few

Adjective edit

einn

  1. alone, single

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Descendants edit

  • Icelandic: einn
  • Faroese: ein
  • Norn: en
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: ein
  • Dalecarlian: jenn
  • Old Swedish: ēn
    • Swedish: en
  • Old Danish:
    • Danish: en
      • Norwegian Bokmål: en
    • Scanian: æn, én
  • Gutnish: en, ann, h'en

References edit

  • einn”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Entry "einn" on page 108 in: Geir T. Zoëga "A Concise Dictionary of Old Islandic", Oxford at the Claredon Press (1910).