Noun: einir
Gender: m
Nominative
| Sg. Indef. | einir |
| Sg. Def. | einirinn |
| Pl. Indef. | einar |
| Pl. Def. | einarnir |
Genitive
| Sg. Indef. | einis |
| Sg. Def. | einisins |
| Pl. Indef. | eina |
| Pl. Def. | einanna |
Dative
| Sg. Indef. | eini |
| Sg. Def. | eininum |
| Pl. Indef. | einum |
| Pl. Def. | einunum |
Accusative
| Sg. Indef. | eini |
| Sg. Def. | eininn |
| Pl. Indef. | eina |
| Pl. Def. | einana |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like einir
brynnir,
einir,
endir,
elrir,
mœnir,
ræsir,
vísir,
vegvísir,
myrðir,
beinir,
þyrnir,
lǫgðir,
þerrir,
hilmir,
hirðir,
hellir,
hersir,
stillir,
vitnir,
reynir, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
1. Disputed:
2. * Traditionally, and according to most sources, inherited from Proto-Germanic *ainijaz or *jainijaz, perhaps further from a Proto-Indo-European acrostatic n-stem noun *h₁óy-n- ~ *h₁éy-n-s (via collective(?) thematic derivative *h₁oy-n-yo-). Classical Latin iūniperus and (barely identified) Hittite 𒂊𒅀𒀭 (e-i̯a-an /ei̯an-/, “(a kind of) evergreen tree (yew?)”) are often compared, though assigning Proto-Indo-European precursors is difficult and may rather give way to substrate origin.
3. * Given the asynchronisms of the above, alternatively the Old Norse was borrowed from Vulgar Latin, via a form *jēniperus whence attested ziniperus (perhaps specifically a Western Romance form like *jēniberus, with /b/ for /p/), reinterpreted as a compound with ber (“berry”) for the juniper berry. In this case, the apparent West Germanic cognates, limited to Middle Low German *eyni (known from various derivatives) and Middle High German *eine (modern German Einbeer-baum), are simply borrowings from Old Norse or one of its descendants. See: Latin Nouns '
iūniperus'.
Verbs referencing "einir"
Swedish Nouns
en, Norwegian Nynorsk Nouns
eine, Danish Nouns
ene, Icelandic Nouns
einir, Latin Nouns
iuniperus, Latin Nouns
iuncus.
Translations