meinn

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Old Norse

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *mainaz.

Adjective

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meinn

  1. painful
  2. causing pain

Declension

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    Strong declension of meinn
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative meinn mein meint
accusative meinan meina meint
dative meinum meinni meinu
genitive meins meinnar meins
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative meinir meinar mein
accusative meina meinar mein
dative meinum meinum meinum
genitive meinna meinna meinna
    Weak declension of meinn
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative meini meina meina
accusative meina meinu meina
dative meina meinu meina
genitive meina meinu meina
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative meinu meinu meinu
accusative meinu meinu meinu
dative meinum meinum meinum
genitive meinu meinu meinu

Descendants

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  • Icelandic: meinn
  • Faroese: meinur
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: mein, mein-

References

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