einn

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Icelandic

Icelandic cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : einn
    Ordinal : fyrstur

Etymology

From Old Norse einn, from Proto-Germanic *ainaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos. Cognates include Norwegian Bokmål en, Faroese ein and Danish en.

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Numeral

einn (feminine ein, neuter eitt)

  1. one

Pronoun

einn

  1. one
    Synonyms: einhver, maður

Adjective

einn

  1. 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.

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Old Norse

Old Norse numbers (edit)
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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

  1. (cardinal number) one

Pronoun

einn

  1. one
  2. (in the plural) some, a few

Adjective

einn

  1. alone, single

Declension

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Descendants

  • Icelandic: einn
  • Faroese: ein
  • Norn: en
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: ein
  • Dalecarlian: jenn
  • Old Swedish: ēn
    • Swedish: en
  • Old Danish:
    • Danish: en
      • Norwegian Bokmål: en
    • Scanian: æn, én
  • Gutnish: en, ann, h'en

References

  • einn”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Entry "einn" on page 108 in: Geir T. Zoëga "A Concise Dictionary of Old Islandic", Oxford at the Claredon Press (1910).