regin

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See also: Regin

Old Norse

FWOTD – 16 September 2014

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Norse *ᚱᚨᚷᛁᚾᚨ (*ragina) (attested in ᚱᚨᚷᛁᚾᚨᚲᚢᛞᛟ (raginakudo)), Proto-Germanic *raginą (“advice, decision”). Cognate with Old English reġn-, Old Saxon regin-, regan-, Gothic 𐍂𐌰𐌲𐌹𐌽 (ragin).

Pronunciation

  • (12th century Icelandic) IPA(key): /ˈrɛɣɪ̃n/

Noun

regin n pl

  1. (plural only, Germanic paganism) the gods, the ruling powers
    • Vǫluspá, verse 6, lines 1-2, in 1860, T. Möbius, Edda Sæmundar hins fróða: mit einem Anhang zum Theil bisher ungedruckter Gedichte. Leipzig, page 2:
      Þá gengu regin ǫll / á rǫkstóla, […]
      Then went all the gods / on the seats of doom,

Declension

  Declension of regin, (strong a-stem, plural only)
neuter plural
indefinite definite
nominative regin reginin
accusative regin reginin
dative rǫgnum rǫgnunum
genitive ragna ragnanna

Derived terms

Terms derived from regin

References

  • “regin”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • regin in An Icelandic-English Dictionary, R. Cleasby and G. Vigfússon, Clarendon Press, 1874, at Internet Archive.
  • regin in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.

Swedish

Noun

regin

  1. definite singular of regi

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