hreinsa

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Icelandic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse hreinsa, from Proto-Germanic *hrainisōną.

Verb[edit]

hreinsa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative hreinsaði, supine hreinsað)

  1. (transitive, governs the accusative) to clean, to cleanse
  2. (transitive, governs the accusative, e.g. of oil or air) to refine, to purify
    hreinsa olíu.To refine oil.
    Hreinsað loft.Purified air.
    Hreinsaðar olíuvörur.Refined petroleum products.

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Old Norse[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Germanic *hrainisōną (clean, cleanse, purify).

Verb[edit]

hreinsa

  1. to make clean, cleanse
  2. to purge, clear

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Descendants[edit]

  • Icelandic: hreinsa
  • Faroese: reinsa
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: reinsa
  • Elfdalian: rįesa
  • Swedish: rensa
  • Danish: rense

References[edit]

  • hreinsa”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press