hrína

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse hrína, from Proto-Germanic *hrīnaną.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈr̥iːna/
    Rhymes: -iːna

Verb

hrína (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative hrein, third-person plural past indicative hrinu, supine hrinið)

  1. to grunt (especially of pigs)
  2. to cry (noisily)
    Synonym: gráta

Conjugation

hrína – active voice (germynd)
infinitive nafnháttur hrína
supine sagnbót hrinið
present participle
hrínandi
indicative
subjunctive
present
past
present
past
singular ég hrín hrein hríni hrini
þú hrín hreinst hrínir hrinir
hann, hún, það hrín hrein hríni hrini
plural við hrínum hrinum hrínum hrinum
þið hrínið hrinuð hrínið hrinuð
þeir, þær, þau hrína hrinu hríni hrinu
imperative boðháttur
singular þú hrín (þú), hríndu
plural þið hrínið (þið), hríniði1
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hrīnaną.

Verb

hrína (singular past indicative hrein, plural past indicative hrinu, past participle hrininn)

  1. (intransitive) to squeal (of swine)
  2. (with preposition)
    hrína á e-m
    to take effect

Conjugation

Conjugation of hrína — active (strong class 1)
infinitive hrína
present participle hrínandi
past participle hrininn
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular hrín hrein hrína hrina
2nd person singular hrínn hreint hrínir hrinir
3rd person singular hrínn hrein hríni hrini
1st person plural hrínum hrinum hrínim hrinim
2nd person plural hrínið hrinuð hrínið hrinið
3rd person plural hrína hrinu hríni hrini
imperative present
2nd person singular hrín
1st person plural hrínum
2nd person plural hrínið
Conjugation of hrína — mediopassive (strong class 1)
infinitive hrínask
present participle hrínandisk
past participle hrinizk
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular hrínumk hrinumk hrínumk hrinumk
2nd person singular hrínsk hreinzk hrínisk hrinisk
3rd person singular hrínsk hreinsk hrínisk hrinisk
1st person plural hrínumsk hrinumsk hrínimsk hrinimsk
2nd person plural hrínizk hrinuzk hrínizk hrinizk
3rd person plural hrínask hrinusk hrínisk hrinisk
imperative present
2nd person singular hrínsk
1st person plural hrínumsk
2nd person plural hrínizk

Descendants

  • Icelandic: hrína
  • Faroese: rína
  • Norwegian:
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: rine
    • Norwegian Bokmål: rine (weak)

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “hrína”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 210; also available at the Internet Archive