einn

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

• IPA^(key): /eitn/,
• Rhymes: -eitn

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einn (feminine ein, neuter eitt)

1. one

einn

1. one

   Synonyms: einhver, maður

einn (comparative einni, no superlative)

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.

• Note the difference in declension between einn in the meaning "one", with accusative masculine singular einn, and "alone", with accusative masculine singular einan.

• ás (noun)

• 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.)

• enni

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).

einn

1. (cardinal number) one

einn

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

einn

1. alone, single

comp=betr
sup=bezt

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “einn”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 108; also available at the Internet Archive