hreifi

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Old Norse

Etymology

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Noun

hreifi m (genitive hreifa, plural hreifar)

  1. wrist
  2. the hand and fingers
  3. seal's fin, flippers

Declension

  Declension of hreifi (weak an-stem)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative hreifi hreifinn hreifar hreifarnir
accusative hreifa hreifann hreifa hreifana
dative hreifa hreifanum hreifum hreifunum
genitive hreifa hreifans hreifa hreifanna

Synonyms

Further reading

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

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