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Icelandic
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Norse reynir (“rowan”).
Noun
reynir m (genitive singular reynis, no plural)
- rowan, mountain ash
Declension
Declension of reynir (sg-only masculine)
Etymology 2
Verb
reynir
- second-person singular active present indicative of reyna
- third-person singular active present indicative of reyna
- second-person singular active present subjunctive of reyna
Old Norse
Etymology 1
Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ- (“red”).
Noun
reynir m (genitive reynis)
- rowan tree
Declension
Declension of reynir (strong ija-stem)
Derived terms
Descendants
Exactly what variation of the word the various descendants are descended from, is somewhat unclear.
References
- “reynir”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Etymology 2
From Proto-Norse ᚱᚨᚢᚾᛁᛃᚨᛉ (raunijaʀ, “tester”), equivalent to reyna (“to test, to try”) + -ir.
Noun
reynir m (genitive reynis)
- (poetic) tester
- (poetic) friend
Declension
Declension of reynir (strong ija-stem)
Descendants
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
reynir
- second-person singular present indicative of reyna
- third-person singular present indicative of reyna
- second-person singular present subjunctive of reyna