hreinn

See also: Hreinn

Icelandic

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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

Adjective

hreinn (comparative hreinni, superlative hreinastur)

1. clean

   hreinn skyr ― plain skyr

2. pure
3. (slang, figuratively) 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

• (antonym(s) of “clean”): óhreinn, skítugur

Derived terms

• hreinleiki
• hreinn sveinn (“male virgin”)
• hrein mey (“female virgin”)
• hreinlega

Etymology 2

From Old Norse hreinn.

Noun

hreinn m (genitive singular hreins, nominative plural hreinar)

1. (male) reindeer

Declension

Declension of hreinn (masculine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
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 *hrainaz, most likely derived from Proto-Indo-European *ḱérh₂-s (“horn”). Akin to German Ren (“reindeer”) and Old English hrān (“reindeer”).

Noun

hreinn m (genitive hreins, plural hreinar)

2. reindeer

   Synonym: hreindýri

Declension

  Declension of hreinn (strong a-stem)

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

Derived terms

• hreinbjalbi m
• hreindýri n
• hreinstaka f

Descendants

• Icelandic: hreinn
• Faroese: rein-, (reindýr, reindjór)
• Norwegian Nynorsk: rein
  • → Norwegian Bokmål: rein
• Old Swedish: rēn
  • Swedish: ren
• Danish: ren
• → Old English: hrān
• → German: 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).

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *hrainiz.

Adjective

hreinn (comparative hreinni, superlative hreinstr)

2. clean
3. bright
4. clear
5. 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	hreinni	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

Derived terms

• hreinferði n (“purity”)
• hreinferðugr (“pure, chaste”)
• hreinhjartaðr (“pure of heart”)
• hreinleikr m (“cleanliness; chastity”)
• hreinlifnaðr m (“pure life”)
• hreinliga (“cleanly”)
• hreinligr (“clean, pure”)
• hreinlyndr (“clean of heart”)
• hreinlátr (“clean, chaste”)
• hreinlæti n (“cleanness”)
• hreinlífi n (“pure life”)
• hreinlífr (“pure of life”)
• hreinmannligr (“of a noble or manly bearing”)
• óhreinn (“unclean”)

 

Related terms

• hreinsa

Descendants

• Icelandic: hreinn
• Faroese: reinur
• Norwegian Nynorsk: rein
  • → Norwegian Bokmål: rein
• Elfdalian: rien
• Old Swedish: rēn
  • Swedish: ren
• Danish: ren
  • Norwegian Bokmål: ren
• Gutnish: rainar, rain

References

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