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

Past participle of gala.

Participle

galinn (feminine galin, neuter galit)

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

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

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

References

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