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Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Norse ᚱᚨᚷᛁᚾᚨᚲᚢᛞᛟ (raginakudo), equivalent to regin (“the gods”) + -kundr (“born, originating”), from Proto-Germanic *kundaz (“born (of)”). Compare Gothic 𐌷𐌹𐌼𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌺𐌿𐌽𐌳𐍃 (himinakunds, “born of heaven, heavenly”) and Old English godcund (“divine, from God”).
Adjective
reginkunnr
- sprung from the gods; of divine origin
Declension
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Weak declension of superlative of reginkunnr
Further reading
- Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “reginkunnr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive