galinn

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse galinn, from gala. Compare galdur (“magic”).

Adjective

galinn (comparative galnari, superlative galnastur)

  1. insane, crazy
  2. frenzied, voluptuous, sensual, furious, frantic

Declension

positive forms of galinn
strong declension
(indefinite) 		singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative galinn galin galið
accusative galinn galna
dative gölnum galinni gölnu
genitive galins galinnar galins
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative galnir galnar galin
accusative galna
dative gölnum
genitive galinna
weak declension
(definite) 		singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative galni galna galna
acc/dat/gen galna gölnu
plural (all-case) gölnu
comparative forms of galinn
weak declension
(definite) 		masculine feminine neuter
singular (all-case) galnari galnari galnara
plural (all-case) galnari
superlative forms of galinn
strong declension
(indefinite) 		singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative galnastur gölnust galnast
accusative galnastan galnasta
dative gölnustum galnastri gölnustu
genitive galnasts galnastrar galnasts
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative galnastir galnastar gölnust
accusative galnasta
dative gölnustum
genitive galnastra
weak declension
(definite) 		singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative galnasti galnasta galnasta
acc/dat/gen galnasta gölnustu
plural (all-case) gölnustu

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *galanaz, past participle of *galaną (“to shout; to sing”).

Participle

galinn (feminine galin, neuter galit)

  1. past participle of gala
  2. mad, frantic
  3. enchanted

Declension

    Strong declension of galinn
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative galinn galin galit
accusative galinn galna galit
dative gǫlnum galinni gǫlnu
genitive galins galinnar galins
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative galnir galnar galin
accusative galna galnar galin
dative gǫlnum gǫlnum gǫlnum
genitive galinna galinna galinna
    Weak declension of galinn
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative galni galna galna
accusative galna gǫlnu galna
dative galna gǫlnu galna
genitive galna gǫlnu galna
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative gǫlnu gǫlnu gǫlnu
accusative gǫlnu gǫlnu gǫlnu
dative gǫlnum gǫlnum gǫlnum
genitive gǫlnu gǫlnu gǫlnu
    Declension of comparative of galinn
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative galnari galnari galnara
accusative galnara galnari galnara
dative galnara galnari galnara
genitive galnara galnari galnara
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative galnari galnari galnari
accusative galnari galnari galnari
dative gǫlnurum gǫlnurum gǫlnurum
genitive galnari galnari galnari
    Strong declension of superlative of galinn
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative galnastr gǫlnust galnast
accusative galnastan galnasta galnast
dative gǫlnustum galnastri gǫlnustu
genitive galnasts galnastrar galnasts
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative galnastir galnastar gǫlnust
accusative galnasta galnastar gǫlnust
dative gǫlnustum gǫlnustum gǫlnustum
genitive galnastra galnastra galnastra
    Weak declension of superlative of galinn
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative galnasti galnasta galnasta
accusative galnasta gǫlnustu galnasta
dative galnasta gǫlnustu galnasta
genitive galnasta gǫlnustu galnasta
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative gǫlnustu gǫlnustu gǫlnustu
accusative gǫlnustu gǫlnustu gǫlnustu
dative gǫlnustum gǫlnustum gǫlnustum
genitive gǫlnustu gǫlnustu gǫlnustu

Descendants

  • Old Danish: galæn
    • Danish: gal
      • Norwegian Bokmål: gal
        • → Norwegian Nynorsk: gal
  • Faroese: galin
  • Icelandic: galinn
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: galen; (dialectal) gælin, gælen
  • Old Swedish: galin

Further reading

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