mæna

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse mœna, from Proto-Germanic *mōnijaną- (to tower), from Proto-Indo-European *men-.

Pronunciation

Noun

mæna f (genitive singular mænu, nominative plural mænur)

  1. spinal cord

Declension

    Declension of mæna
f-w1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative mæna mænan mænur mænurnar
accusative mænu mænuna mænur mænurnar
dative mænu mænunni mænum mænunum
genitive mænu mænunnar mæna mænanna

Derived terms

Verb

mæna (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative mændi, supine mænt)

  1. to tower
    Hann mænir yfir mig.
    He towers over me.
  2. to stare
    Ég mændi á stöðuvatnið.
    I stared at the lake.

Conjugation