tína

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Icelandic[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

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tína (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative tíndi, supine tínt)

  1. to pick (often used with preposition upp)

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Old Norse[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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Verb[edit]

tína

  1. to pick
    Hann tíndi upp gullit.
    He picked the gold.
  2. to cleanse
    tínda korn
    to cleanse corn
  3. (figuratively) to recount, narrate
  4. (reflexive) to go one by one
    ...bað jarl sína menn tína undan
    ...chief asked his men to go ahead one by one

Descendants[edit]

  • Icelandic: tína
  • Norn: tinna
  • Norwegian Bokmål: tine