steinn
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse steinn (“stone”), from Proto-Norse ᛊᛏᚨᛁᚾᚨᛉ (stainaʀ), from Proto-Germanic *stainaz (“stone”). Cognate with English stone, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] German Stein, Dutch steen, Danish sten, Norwegian Bokmål sten, Norwegian Nynorsk stein, Swedish sten, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Faroese steinur, West Frisian stien, Low German Steen. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *steyh₂- (“something hard”).
Pronunciation
Noun
steinn m (genitive singular steins, nominative plural steinar)
Declension
Derived terms
- augasteinn (“eyeball”)
- brennisteinn (“brimstone, sulfur”)
- eðalsteinn (“gemstone, jewel”)
- gimsteinn (“gemstone, jewel”)
- hrapsteinn (“shooting star”)
- loftsteinn (“meteorite”)
- segulsteinn (“lodestone”)
- steingeit (“ibex, Capricorn”)
- þungsteinn (“tungsten”)
- á milli steins og sleggju (“between the anvil and the sledge-hammer”)
- setjast í helgan stein (“to retire”)
- þegja eins og steinn (“silent as the grave”)
- blóðsteinn (“blood calculus”)
- blöðrusteinn (“vesical calculus, cystolith”)
- brissteinn (“pancreatic calculus, pancreolith”)
- eyrnasteinn (“aural calculus”)
- gallsteinn (“biliary calculus”)
- garnasteinn (“intestinal calculus, enterolith, alvinolith”)
- hvekksteinn (“prostatic calculus, prostatolith”)
- kóralsteinn (“coral calculus, dendrite calculus, staghorn calculus”)
- lifrarsteinn (“hepatic calculus”)
- munnvatnssteinn (“salivary calculus, ptyalith, ptyalolith, sialolith”)
- nefholssteinn (“nasal calculus, rhinolite”)
- nýrasteinn (“renal calculus, kidney stone, nephrolith”)
- tannsteinn (“dental calculus, odontolith, tartar”)
- trefjasteinn (“fibrinous calculus”)
- þvagfærasteinn (“urinary calculus”)
- þvagrásarsteinn (“urethral calculus, calculus urethralis”)
- þvagsteinn (“urinary calculus”)
Anagrams
Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Norse ᛊᛏᚨᛁᚾᚨᛉ (stainaʀ), from Proto-Germanic *stainaz (“stone”). Cognate with Old English stān, Old Frisian stēn, Old Saxon stēn, Old High German stein, Gothic 𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍃 (stains).
Ultimately from Pre-Germanic *stoyh₂nos, o-grade of Proto-Indo-European *steyh₂- (“to stiffen”).
Pronunciation
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Noun
steinn m (genitive steins, plural steinar)
- a stone, boulder, rock
- a precious stone
- Óláfs saga helga 46, in 1829, Þ. Guðmundsson, C. C. Rafn, Þ. Helgason, Fornmanna sögur, Volume IV. Copenhagen, page 75:
- […] ok bitullinn var settr dýrum steinum.
- […] and the bridle was inlaid with costly precious stones.
- Óláfs saga helga 46, in 1829, Þ. Guðmundsson, C. C. Rafn, Þ. Helgason, Fornmanna sögur, Volume IV. Copenhagen, page 75:
- (medicine) a calculus, gravel
- Hrafns saga 4, in 1858, J. Sigurðsson, G. Vigfússon, Biskupa sögur, Volume I. Copenhagen, page 644:
- Ok síðan skar hann um endilangt með knífi, ok tók í brott tvo steina; […]
- And then cut him wide open with a knife and took away two calculi; […]
- Hrafns saga 4, in 1858, J. Sigurðsson, G. Vigfússon, Biskupa sögur, Volume I. Copenhagen, page 644:
- mineral blee, colour, paint
- Separate Saga of St. Olaf 112, in 1853, P. A. Munch, C. R. Unger, Saga Olafs konungs ens Helga. Christiania, page 124:
- […] steint beði hvitom steini oc ravðum. […]
- […] bed painted with white colour and red, […]
- Separate Saga of St. Olaf 112, in 1853, P. A. Munch, C. R. Unger, Saga Olafs konungs ens Helga. Christiania, page 124:
- a stone building, cloister, cell (especially of an anchoret)
- Óláfs saga Tryggvasonar 75, in 1835, F. Magnússon, C. C. Rafn, Fornmanna sögur, Volume X. Copenhagen, page 373:
- […] oc valði sèr til bygþar æinn stein, […]
- […] and chose a stone hermitage as an abode, […]
- Óláfs saga Tryggvasonar 75, in 1835, F. Magnússon, C. C. Rafn, Fornmanna sögur, Volume X. Copenhagen, page 373:
Declension
Derived terms
- augasteinn, augnasteinn (“eyeball”)
- brennasteinn, brennisteinn (“brimstone, sulphur”)
- gimsteinn (“gemstone, jewel”)
- segulsteinn (“lodestone”)
- steina (“to stain”)
- steinblindr (“stone-blind”)
- steinbítr (“seawolf”)
- steindelfr (“wagtail”)
- steingeit (“ibex”)
- steingeitarmerki (“Capricorn”)
- steinhjarta (“heart of stone”)
- steinkast (“stone's throw”)
- steinligr (“stony”)
- steinmeistari (“stonemason”)
- steinpikka (“mason's pick”)
- steinsetja (“to set in stone”)
- steinsmið (“stonemasonry”)
- steinsmiðr (“stonemason”)
- steinsmíði (“articles worked of stone”)
- steinsótt (“calculus”)
- steintjald (“coloured tent”)
- steintálga (“stonemasonry”)
- steinóði, steinóðr (“violent”)
- steinþró (“stone coffin”)
- á milli steins ok sleggju (“between the anvil and the sledge-hammer”)
Descendants
- Icelandic: steinn
- Faroese: steinur
- Norn: stenn, sten
- Norwegian:
- Old Swedish: sten, stēn
- Swedish: sten
- Old Danish: sten, stēn
- Danish: sten
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- Elfdalian: stien
- Gutnish: stain
- Scanian: stén
- → Middle English: steinen, steynen
- English: stain
References
- “steinn”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- steinn in An Icelandic-English Dictionary, R. Cleasby and G. Vigfússon, Clarendon Press, 1874, at Internet Archive.
- steinn in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.
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