regin
See also: Regin
Old Norse
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *raginą (“advice, decision”). Cognate with Old English reġn-, Old Saxon regin-, regan-, Gothic 𐍂𐌰𐌲𐌹𐌽 (ragin).
Pronunciation
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Noun
regin n pl
Declension
Declension of regin, (strong a-stem, plural only)
Derived terms
Terms derived from regin
- ginnregin (“holy powers”)
- ragnarǫk (“end of the world”)
- ragnarøkkr (“twilight of the gods”)
- ragna sjǫt (“heavens”)
- regindómr (“the last judgment”)
- regingrjót (“holy stones, altars”)
- reginkunnr (“world-known”)
- reginnagl (“sacred nail”)
- reginþing (“the great council”)
- uppregin (“holy powers”)
References
- “regin”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- regin in An Icelandic-English Dictionary, R. Cleasby and G. Vigfússon, Clarendon Press, 1874, at Internet Archive.
- regin in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.
Swedish
Noun
regin