mistilteinn

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse mistilteinn.

Pronunciation

Noun

mistilteinn m (genitive singular mistilteins, nominative plural mistilteinar)

  1. (usually collective, sometimes countable) mistletoe

Declension

declension of mistilteinn
m-s1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative mistiltein mistilteininn mistilteinar mistilteinarnir
accusative mistiltein mistilteininn mistilteina mistilteinana
dative mistilteini mistilteininum mistilteinum mistilteinunum
genitive mistilteins mistilteinsins mistilteina mistilteinanna

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *mistilaz having this meaning and teinn (“twig”).

Noun

mistilteinn m

  1. mistletoe

Declension

  Declension of mistilteinn (strong a-stem)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative mistilteinn mistilteinninn mistilteinar mistilteinarnir
accusative mistiltein mistilteininn mistilteina mistilteinana
dative mistilteini mistilteininum mistilteinum mistilteinunum
genitive mistilteins mistilteinsins mistilteina mistilteinanna

Descendants

References

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