hrína

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse hrína, from Proto-Germanic *hrīnaną.

Pronunciation

Verb

hrína (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative hrein, third-person plural past indicative hrinu, supine hrinið)

  1. to grunt (especially of pigs)
  2. to cry (noisily)

Conjugation

hrína — active voice (germynd)
infinitive
(nafnháttur) 		að hrína
supine
(sagnbót) 		hrinið
present participle
(lýsingarháttur nútíðar) 		hrínandi
indicative
(framsöguháttur) 		subjunctive
(viðtengingarháttur)
present
(nútíð) 		ég hrín við hrínum present
(nútíð) 		ég hríni við hrínum
þú hrín þið hrínið þú hrínir þið hrínið
hann, hún, það hrín þeir, þær, þau hrína hann, hún, það hríni þeir, þær, þau hríni
past
(þátíð) 		ég hrein við hrinum past
(þátíð) 		ég hrini við hrinum
þú hreinst þið hrinuð þú hrinir þið hrinuð
hann, hún, það hrein þeir, þær, þau hrinu hann, hún, það hrini þeir, þær, þau hrinu
imperative
(boðháttur) 		hrín (þú) hrínið (þið)
Forms with appended personal pronoun
hríndu hríniði *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

Synonyms

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hrīnaną.

Verb

hrína (singular past indicative hrein, plural past indicative hrinu, past participle hrininn)

  1. (intransitive) to squeal (of swine)
  2. (with preposition)
    hrína á e-m
    to take effect

Conjugation

Conjugation of hrína — active (strong class 1)
infinitive hrína
present participle hrínandi
past participle hrininn
indicative present past
1st-person singular hrín hrein
2nd-person singular hrínn hreint
3rd-person singular hrínn hrein
1st-person plural hrínum hrinum
2nd-person plural hrínið hrinuð
3rd-person plural hrína hrinu
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular hrína hrina
2nd-person singular hrínir hrinir
3rd-person singular hríni hrini
1st-person plural hrínim hrinim
2nd-person plural hrínið hrinið
3rd-person plural hríni hrini
imperative present
2nd-person singular hrín
1st-person plural hrínum
2nd-person plural hrínið
Conjugation of hrína — mediopassive (strong class 1)
infinitive hrínask
present participle hrínandisk
past participle hrinizk
indicative present past
1st-person singular hrínumk hrinumk
2nd-person singular hrínsk hreinzk
3rd-person singular hrínsk hreinsk
1st-person plural hrínumsk hrinumsk
2nd-person plural hrínizk hrinuzk
3rd-person plural hrínask hrinusk
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular hrínumk hrinumk
2nd-person singular hrínisk hrinisk
3rd-person singular hrínisk hrinisk
1st-person plural hrínimsk hrinimsk
2nd-person plural hrínizk hrinizk
3rd-person plural hrínisk hrinisk
imperative present
2nd-person singular hrínsk
1st-person plural hrínumsk
2nd-person plural hrínizk

Descendants

  • Icelandic: hrína
  • Faroese: rína
  • Norwegian:
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: rine
    • Norwegian Bokmål: rine (weak)

References

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