hinn

From Old Norse hinn, from Proto-Germanic *jainaz. Cognate with English yon (“that, that one over there”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɪnː/
• Rhymes: -ɪnː

hinn (feminine hin, neuter hitt)

1. (demonstrative) other, the other, the other one, the next; that (in conjunction with þessi (“this, that”))
   • Luke 6:29 (English, Icelandic)

     Slái þig einhver á kinnina, skaltu og bjóða hina, og taki einhver yfirhöfn þína, skaltu ekki varna honum að taka kyrtilinn líka.

     If someone strikes you on one cheek, turn to him the other also. If someone takes your cloak, do not stop him from taking your tunic.

• á hinn (“day after tomorrow”)

hinn (feminine hin, neuter hið)

1. the (definite article)

   Synonyms: -inn, inn, enn

   • Genesis 1:31 (Icelandic Bible, New International Version)

     Og Guð leit allt, sem hann hafði gjört, og sjá, það var harla gott. Það varð kveld og það varð morgunn, hinn sjötti dagur.

     God saw all that he had made, and it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning—the sixth day.

• hið opinbera

• hinna, hinni, henn, henna
• hinnek (Gozo)
• hinnhekk, hinnhekka, hinnekk, hinekka (emphatic form)

From Arabic هُنَا (hunā, “here”) or a related form. Compare hawn.

• IPA^(key): /ɪnn/

hinn

1. (archaic outside idioms) there

   Synonyms: hemm, hemmhekk

• enn, inn, -inn — for the definite article

From a merger of several words: Proto-Norse *ᚺᛁᚾᚨᛉ (*hinaʀ), cognate with Ancient Greek ἐκεῖνος (ekeînos), and Proto-Norse *ᛖᚾᚨᛉ (*enaʀ), irregularly from Proto-Germanic *jainaz (“that over there, yon”), whence also Old English ġeon, Old Frisian jen, jena, Old High German jēner, Gothic 𐌾𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍃 (jains).

hinn (feminine hin, neuter hitt)

1. (demonstrative, contrastive) the other, that one

   sá es sæll, en hinn es eigi

   this one is happy, but that one is not

2. (emphatically) that

• Icelandic: hinn
• Faroese: hin
• Norwegian Nynorsk: hin
• Old Swedish: hīn
  • Swedish: hin (obsolete as demonstrative); hin c (“the devil”)
• Danish: hin
  • Norwegian Bokmål: hin

From Proto-Norse ᚺᛁᚾᛟ (hino), from the accusative form of Proto-Germanic *hiz, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱís, compound of *ḱe +‎ *ís.

hinn (feminine hin, neuter hit)

1. the (definite article)

• Icelandic: hinn
• Faroese: hin

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “hinn”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

hinn

1. imperative of hinna