Noun: teinn
Gender: m
Nominative
| Sg. Indef. | teinn |
| Sg. Def. | teinninn |
| Pl. Indef. | teinar |
| Pl. Def. | teinarnir |
Genitive
| Sg. Indef. | teins |
| Sg. Def. | teinsins |
| Pl. Indef. | teina |
| Pl. Def. | teinanna |
Dative
| Sg. Indef. | teini |
| Sg. Def. | teininum |
| Pl. Indef. | teinum |
| Pl. Def. | teinunum |
Accusative
| Sg. Indef. | tein |
| Sg. Def. | teininn |
| Pl. Indef. | teina |
| Pl. Def. | teinana |
Sample Sentences
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hristu teina · ok á hlaut sǫ́u
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fundu at Ægis · ørkost hvera.
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they shook the twigs and looked at the divination;
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they found [out through the divination that] at Ægir’s home [there was] an immense choice of cauldrons. [Hymiskviða, st. 1/3–4]
Nouns inflected like teinn
augasteinn,
steðjasteinn,
augnasteinn,
grásteinn,
kvernsteinn,
mistilteinn,
brúnn,
teinn,
fleinn,
hreinn,
dúnn,
húnn,
steinn,
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *tainaz. Cognate with Old English tān. For the divination aspect see Old English tānhlyta. See: Old English Nouns '
tānhlyta'.
Verbs referencing "teinn"
Danish Nouns
ten, Swedish Nouns
ten, Norwegian Nynorsk Nouns
tein, Gothic Nouns
𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍃.
Translations