meinn

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Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *mainaz.

Adjective

meinn

  1. painful
  2. causing pain

Declension

Descendants

  • Icelandic: meinn
  • Faroese: meinur
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: mein, mein-

References

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