hreinn

• IPA^(key): /r̥eitn/
• Rhymes: -eitn
• Homophone: Hreinn

From Old Norse hreinn, from Proto-Germanic *hrainiz.

hreinn (comparative hreinni, superlative hreinastur)

1. clean

   Antonyms: óhreinn, skítugur

   hreinn skyr ― plain skyr

2. pure
3. (slang, figuratively) virgin

   Ertu ennþá hreinn?

   Are you still a virgin? (referring to a man)

   Ertu ennþá hrein?

   Are you still a virgin? (referring to a woman)

• hreinleiki
• hreinn sveinn (“male virgin”)
• hrein mey (“female virgin”)
• hreinlega

Inherited from Old Norse hreinn n.

hreinn m (genitive singular hreins, nominative plural hreinar)

1. (male) reindeer

• hreindýr

Inherited from Proto-Germanic *hrainaz, most likely derived from Proto-Indo-European *ḱérh₂-s (“horn”). Akin to German Ren (“reindeer”) and Old English hrān (“reindeer”).

hreinn m (genitive hreins, plural hreinar)

2. reindeer

   Synonym: hreindýri

• hreinbjalbi m
• hreindýri n
• hreinstaka f

• Icelandic: hreinn
• Faroese: rein-, (reindýr, reindjór)
• Norwegian Nynorsk: rein
  • → Norwegian Bokmål: rein
• Old Swedish: rēn
  • Swedish: ren
• Danish: ren
• → Old English: hrān
• → German: Ren

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “hreinn”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 208; also available at the Internet Archive

From Proto-Germanic *hrainiz.

hreinn (comparative hreinni, superlative hreinstr)

2. clean
3. bright
4. clear
5. pure, sincere

• hreinsa

• Icelandic: hreinn
• Faroese: reinur
• Norwegian Nynorsk: rein
  • → Norwegian Bokmål: rein
• Elfdalian: rien
• Old Swedish: rēn
  • Swedish: ren
• Danish: ren
  • Norwegian Bokmål: ren
• Gutnish: rainar, rain

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