haldinn

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Icelandic

Pronunciation

Participle

haldinn

  1. past participle of halda (“to hold”)

Adjective

haldinn (not comparable)

  1. held
    Litla stúlkan er þungt haldin eftir slysið.
    The little girl is seriously ill after the accident.
    Hún var haldin skemmdarfýsn á hennar yngri árum.
    She was vandalous in her younger years.

Declension

positive forms of haldinn
strong declension
(indefinite) 		singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative haldinn haldin haldið
accusative haldinn haldna
dative höldnum haldinni höldnu
genitive haldins haldinnar haldins
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative haldnir haldnar haldin
accusative haldna
dative höldnum
genitive haldinna
weak declension
(definite) 		singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative haldni haldna haldna
acc/dat/gen haldna höldnu
plural (all-case) höldnu

Derived terms

Old Norse

Etymology

Past participle of halda.

Participle

haldinn

  1. held, past participle of halda
  2. in such and such a state
  3. satisfied with
    heilu ok hǫldnu
    safe and sound

Declension

    Strong declension of haldinn
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative haldinn haldin haldit
accusative haldinn haldna haldit
dative hǫldnum haldinni hǫldnu
genitive haldins haldinnar haldins
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative haldnir haldnar haldin
accusative haldna haldnar haldin
dative hǫldnum hǫldnum hǫldnum
genitive haldinna haldinna haldinna
    Weak declension of haldinn
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative haldni haldna haldna
accusative haldna hǫldnu haldna
dative haldna hǫldnu haldna
genitive haldna hǫldnu haldna
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative hǫldnu hǫldnu hǫldnu
accusative hǫldnu hǫldnu hǫldnu
dative hǫldnum hǫldnum hǫldnum
genitive hǫldnu hǫldnu hǫldnu

Derived terms

References

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