orðinn

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Icelandic

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Adjective

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orðinn (not comparable) m, orðin f, orðið n

  1. past participle of verða, become
    Pabbi minn er orðinn gamall maður.
    My dad has become an old man.
    Klukkan er orðin átta.
    The clock turned eight o'clock.

Derived terms

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Old Norse

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *wurdanaz (become), past participle of *werþaną (to become, happen).

Participle

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orðinn

  1. past participle of verða

Declension

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Descendants

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In most descendants, v- was restored by analogy with other forms of the verb.

  • Icelandic: orðinn
  • Faroese: vorðin
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: voren
  • Swedish: vorden