mistilteinn
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse mistilteinn.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɪstɪlˌtʰeitn/
- Rhymes: -eitn
Noun
mistilteinn m (genitive singular mistilteins, nominative plural mistilteinar)
- (usually collective, sometimes countable) mistletoe
Declension
declension of mistilteinn
| m-s1 | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | mistiltein | mistilteininn | mistilteinar | mistilteinarnir |
| accusative | mistiltein | mistilteininn | mistilteina | mistilteinana |
| dative | mistilteini | mistilteininum | mistilteinum | mistilteinunum |
| genitive | mistilteins | mistilteinsins | mistilteina | mistilteinanna |
Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *mistilaz having this meaning and teinn (“twig”).
Noun
mistilteinn m
- mistletoe
Declension
Declension of mistilteinn (strong a-stem)
| masculine | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | mistilteinn | mistilteinninn | mistilteinar | mistilteinarnir |
| accusative | mistiltein | mistilteininn | mistilteina | mistilteinana |
| dative | mistilteini | mistilteininum | mistilteinum | mistilteinunum |
| genitive | mistilteins | mistilteinsins | mistilteina | mistilteinanna |
Descendants
- Danish: mistelten
- Icelandic: mistilteinn
- Faroese: mistilteinur
- Norwegian Bokmål: misteltein
- Norwegian Nynorsk: misteltein
- Swedish: mistel
- →? Old English: misteltān (calque)
- Middle English: mistelto, mistilte, mistilto, mysleto, mystyldene
- English: mistletoe
- Middle English: mistelto, mistilte, mistilto, mysleto, mystyldene
References
- “mistilteinn”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press