fallinn

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Old Norse

Participle

fallinn

  1. fallen, past participle of falla
  2. disposed, fitted, worthy
    at hann væri betr fallinn at deyja þá sǫk faðir hans
    that he more deserved to die than his father did
    svá fallinn
    such-like
  3. (neuter, as adverb) fit
    ok hætti þá er honum þótti fallit
    stopped when he thought fit
  4. (with dative) suited to

Declension

    Strong declension of fallinn
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative fallinn fallin fallit
accusative fallinn fallna fallit
dative fallnum fallinni fallnu
genitive fallins fallinnar fallins
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative fallnir fallnar fallin
accusative fallna fallnar fallin
dative fallnum fallnum fallnum
genitive fallinna fallinna fallinna
    Weak declension of fallinn
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative fallni fallna fallna
accusative fallna fallnu fallna
dative fallna fallnu fallna
genitive fallna fallnu fallna
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative fallnu fallnu fallnu
accusative fallnu fallnu fallnu
dative fallnum fallnum fallnum
genitive fallnu fallnu fallnu

References

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