hreinn

Icelandic

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /r̥eitn/
Rhymes: -eitn
Homophones: Hreinn

Etymology 1

From Old Norse hreinn, from Proto-Germanic *hrainiz.

Adjective

hreinn (comparative hreinni, superlative hreinastur)

clean
pure
(slang) virgin
Ertu ennþá hreinn?
Are you still a virgin? (referring to a man)
Ertu ennþá hrein?
Are you still a virgin? (referring to a woman)

Inflection

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

(clean): óhreinn, skítugur

Derived terms

hreinleiki
hreinn sveinn
hrein mey

Etymology 2

From Old Norse hreinn.

Noun

hreinn m (genitive singular hreins, nominative plural hreinar)

(male) reindeer

Declension

declension of hreinn

	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
m-s1	singular		plural
nominative	hreinn	hreinninn	hreinar	hreinarnir
accusative	hrein	hreininn	hreina	hreinana
dative	hreini	hreininum	hreinum	hreinunum
genitive	hreins	hreinsins	hreina	hreinanna

Derived terms

hreindýr

Old Norse

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *hrinda-, akin to German Renn (“reindeer”) and Old English hran (“reindeer”), most likely from Proto-Indo-European *ḱer-.

Noun

hreinn m (genitive hreins, plural hreinar)

reindeer

Declension

Declension of hreinn (strong a-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
masculine	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	hreinn	hreinninn	hreinar	hreinarnir
accusative	hrein	hreininn	hreina	hreinana
dative	hreini	hreininum	hreinum	hreinunum
genitive	hreins	hreinsins	hreina	hreinanna

Synonyms

hreindýri

Derived terms

hreindýri
hreinbjálbi
hreinstaka

Descendants

Danish: ren
Faroese: rein- (reindýr, reindjór)
Icelandic: hreinn

Norwegian (Nynorsk): rein
Norwegian (Bokmål): rein
Swedish: ren

References

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).

Adjective

hreinn (comparative hreinni, superlative hreinstr)

clean
bright
clear
pure, sincere

Declension

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	hreinna	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

References

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