leikinn

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Icelandic

Adjective

leikinn (comparative leiknari, superlative leiknastur)

  1. skilful, dexterous

Declension

Old Norse

Etymology 1

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Adjective

leikinn

  1. playful, gay
Declension
Descendants
  • Icelandic: leikinn
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: leiken
  • Norwegian Bokmål: leken, leiken

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

leikinn

  1. definite accusative singular of leikr

Verb

leikinn

  1. past participle of leika

References

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