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einn
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Icelandic
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| Cardinal: einn Ordinal: fyrsti Ordinal abbreviation: 1. Multiplier: einfaldur | ||||
Etymology
From Old Norse einn, from Proto-Germanic *ainaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos. Cognates include Norwegian Bokmål en, Faroese ein and Danish en.
Pronunciation
Numeral
einn (feminine ein, neuter eitt)
Declension
Pronoun
einn
Adjective
einn (comparative einni, no superlative)
- 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.
Declension
- Note the difference in declension between einn in the meaning "one", with accusative masculine singular einn, and "alone", with accusative masculine singular einan.
Derived terms
See also
- ás (noun)
References
- Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN, page 148 (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)
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Old Norse
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| Cardinal: einn Ordinal: fyrstr Multiplier: einfaldr Distributive: einfaldliga Fractional: heill | ||||
Etymology
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
einn
Pronoun
einn
Adjective
einn
Declension
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Descendants
Further reading
- Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “einn”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 108; also available at the Internet Archive
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