einn

Etymology

From Old Norse einn, from Proto-Germanic *ainaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos. Cognates include Norwegian Bokmål en, Faroese ein and Danish en.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eitn/, [eitn̥]
• Rhymes: -eitn

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Numeral

einn (feminine ein, neuter eitt)

1. one

Pronoun

einn

1. one

   Synonyms: einhver, maður

Adjective

einn (comparative einni, no superlative)

1. alone

   Synonyms: aleinn, einsamall

   • 1894, Sigfús B. Blöndal, “Skapbrigði (sex kvæði frá ýmsum tímum)”, in Sunnanfari; mánaðarblað með myndum, volume IV, number 3, page 20:

     Ég er einn, svo óttalega einn.

     I am alone, so terribly alone.

References

• Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN, page 148 (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)

Anagrams

• enni

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *ainaz, from Proto-Indo-European *óynos. Compare Old Saxon en, Old English an, Old Frisian en, Old High German ein, Gothic 𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍃 (ains).

Numeral

einn

1. (cardinal number) one

Pronoun

einn

1. one
2. (in the plural) some, a few

Adjective

einn

1. alone, single

comp=betr
sup=bezt

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “einn”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 108; also available at the [https://archive.org/stream/concisedictionar001857

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