galinn

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Icelandic

Etymology

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

Adjective

galinn m (feminine galin, neuter galið)

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

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

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

References

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