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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse hreinsa, from Proto-Germanic *hrainisōną.

Verb

hreinsa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative hreinsaði, supine hreinsað)

  1. to clean, to cleanse
    Synonym: þrífa
  2. (e.g. of oil or air) to refine, to purify
    hreinsa olíu.To refine oil.
    Hreinsað loft.Purified air.
    Hreinsaðar olíuvörur.Refined petroleum products.

Derived terms

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hrainisōną (clean, cleanse, purify).

Verb

hreinsa

  1. to make clean, cleanse
  2. to purge, clear

Conjugation

Conjugation of hreinsa — active (weak class 2)
infinitive hreinsa
present participle hreinsandi
past participle hreinsaðr
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular hreinsa hreinsaða hreinsa hreinsaða
2nd person singular hreinsar hreinsaðir hreinsir hreinsaðir
3rd person singular hreinsar hreinsaði hreinsi hreinsaði
1st person plural hreinsum hreinsuðum hreinsim hreinsaðim
2nd person plural hreinsið hreinsuðuð hreinsið hreinsaðið
3rd person plural hreinsa hreinsuðu hreinsi hreinsaði
imperative present
2nd person singular hreinsa
1st person plural hreinsum
2nd person plural hreinsið
Conjugation of hreinsa — mediopassive (weak class 2)
infinitive hreinsask
present participle hreinsandisk
past participle hreinsazk
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular hreinsumk hreinsuðumk hreinsumk hreinsuðumk
2nd person singular hreinsask hreinsaðisk hreinsisk hreinsaðisk
3rd person singular hreinsask hreinsaðisk hreinsisk hreinsaðisk
1st person plural hreinsumsk hreinsuðumsk hreinsimsk hreinsaðimsk
2nd person plural hreinsizk hreinsuðuzk hreinsizk hreinsaðizk
3rd person plural hreinsask hreinsuðusk hreinsisk hreinsaðisk
imperative present
2nd person singular hreinsask
1st person plural hreinsumsk
2nd person plural hreinsizk

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Icelandic: hreinsa
  • Faroese: reinsa
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: reinsa
  • Elfdalian: rįesa
  • Swedish: rensa
  • Danish: rense

Further reading

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