einn

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Icelandic

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Icelandic cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : einn
    Ordinal : fyrstur

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Numeral

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einn (feminine ein, neuter eitt)

  1. one

Pronoun

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einn

  1. one
    Synonyms: einhver, maður

Adjective

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einn

  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.

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Anagrams

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Old Norse

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Old Norse numbers (edit)
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    Cardinal: einn
    Ordinal: fyrstr
    Multiplier: einfaldr
    Distributive: einfaldliga
    Fractional: heill

Etymology

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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

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einn

  1. (cardinal number) one

Pronoun

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einn

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

Adjective

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einn

  1. alone, single

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Icelandic: einn
  • Faroese: ein
  • Norn: en
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: ein
  • Dalecarlian: jenn
  • Old Swedish: ēn
    • Swedish: en
  • Old Danish:
    • Danish: en
      • Norwegian Bokmål: en
    • Scanian: æn, én
  • Gutnish: en, ann, h'en

References

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  • einn”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Entry "einn" on page 108 in: Geir T. Zoëga "A Concise Dictionary of Old Islandic", Oxford at the Claredon Press (1910).