hreinsa

Icelandic

Etymology

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

Verb

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

   Að hreinsa olíu. ― To refine oil.

   Hreinsað loft. ― Purified air.

   Hreinsaðar olíuvörur. ― Refined petroleum products.

Synonyms

• (to clean): þrífa

Derived terms

derived terms

• dauðhreinsa (to sterilise)
• fituhreinsa (to degrease)
• hreinsa af ákæru (to exculpate)
• hreinsa til
• hreinsa sig
• hreinsa sig af
• hreinsaður

• hreinsaður sykur (refined sugar)
• hreinsanlegur (refinable)
• hreinsun
• sótthreinsa (to disinfect)
• óhreinsaður (unrefined, unrectified)
• óhreinsaður sykur (unrefined sugar)

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Old Norse

Etymology

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

Verb

hreinsa

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

Conjugation

Conjugation of hreinsa — active (weak class 2)

infinitive	hreinsa
present participle	hreinsandi
past participle	hreinsaðr
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	hreinsa	hreinsaða
2nd-person singular	hreinsar	hreinsaðir
3rd-person singular	hreinsar	hreinsaði
1st-person plural	hreinsum	hreinsuðum
2nd-person plural	hreinsið	hreinsuðuð
3rd-person plural	hreinsa	hreinsuðu
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	hreinsa	hreinsaða
2nd-person singular	hreinsir	hreinsaðir
3rd-person singular	hreinsi	hreinsaði
1st-person plural	hreinsim	hreinsaðim
2nd-person plural	hreinsið	hreinsaðið
3rd-person plural	hreinsi	hreinsaði
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	hreinsa
1st-person plural	hreinsum
2nd-person plural	hreinsið

Conjugation of hreinsa — mediopassive (weak class 2)

infinitive	hreinsask
present participle	hreinsandisk
past participle	hreinsazk
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	hreinsumk	hreinsuðumk
2nd-person singular	hreinsask	hreinsaðisk
3rd-person singular	hreinsask	hreinsaðisk
1st-person plural	hreinsumsk	hreinsuðumsk
2nd-person plural	hreinsizk	hreinsuðuzk
3rd-person plural	hreinsask	hreinsuðusk
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	hreinsumk	hreinsuðumk
2nd-person singular	hreinsisk	hreinsaðisk
3rd-person singular	hreinsisk	hreinsaðisk
1st-person plural	hreinsimsk	hreinsaðimsk
2nd-person plural	hreinsizk	hreinsaðizk
3rd-person plural	hreinsisk	hreinsaðisk
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	hreinsask
1st-person plural	hreinsumsk
2nd-person plural	hreinsizk

Derived terms

• hreinsan f (“cleansing”)

Related terms

• hreinn (“clean”)

Descendants

• Icelandic: hreinsa
• Faroese: reinsa
• Norwegian Nynorsk: reinse
• Norwegian Bokmål: rense
• Swedish: rensa
• Danish: rense

References

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