mistilteinn
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Icelandic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Norse mistilteinn.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
mistilteinn m (genitive singular mistilteins, nominative plural mistilteinar)
- (usually collective, sometimes countable) mistletoe
Declension[edit]
declension of mistilteinn
m-s1 | singular | plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | mistiltein | mistilteininn | mistilteinar | mistilteinarnir |
accusative | mistiltein | mistilteininn | mistilteina | mistilteinana |
dative | mistilteini | mistilteininum | mistilteinum | mistilteinunum |
genitive | mistilteins | mistilteinsins | mistilteina | mistilteinanna |
Old Norse[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Germanic *mistilaz having this meaning and teinn (“twig”).
Noun[edit]
mistilteinn m
Declension[edit]
Declension of mistilteinn (strong a-stem)
masculine | singular | plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | mistilteinn | mistilteinninn | mistilteinar | mistilteinarnir |
accusative | mistiltein | mistilteininn | mistilteina | mistilteinana |
dative | mistilteini | mistilteininum | mistilteinum | mistilteinunum |
genitive | mistilteins | mistilteinsins | mistilteina | mistilteinanna |
Descendants[edit]
- Danish: mistelten
- Icelandic: mistilteinn
- Faroese: mistilteinur
- Norwegian Bokmål: misteltein
- Norwegian Nynorsk: misteltein
- Swedish: mistel
- →? Old English: misteltān (calque)
References[edit]
- “mistilteinn”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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