mæna

See also: maena

Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmaiːna/
    Rhymes: -aiːna

Etymology 1

From Old Norse mœna, from Proto-Germanic *mōnijaną- (“to tower”), from Proto-Indo-European *men-.

Noun

mæna f (genitive singular mænu, nominative plural mænur)

  1. spinal cord
Declension
Declension of mæna (feminine)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative mæna mænan mænur mænurnar
accusative mænu mænuna mænur mænurnar
dative mænu mænunni mænum mænunum
genitive mænu mænunnar mæna mænanna
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

mæna (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative mændi, supine mænt)

  1. to tower
    Hann mænir yfir mig.
    He towers over me.
  2. to stare
    Ég mændi á stöðuvatnið.
    I stared at the lake.
Conjugation
mæna – active voice (germynd)
infinitive nafnháttur að mæna
supine sagnbót mænt
present participle
lýsingarháttur nútíðar
 mænandi
indicative
framsöguháttur
 subjunctive
viðtengingarháttur
present
nútíð
 past
þátíð
 present
nútíð
 past
þátíð
singular ég mæni mændi mæni mændi
þú mænir mændir mænir mændir
hann, hún, það mænir mændi mæni mændi
plural við mænum mændum mænum mændum
þið mænið mænduð mænið mænduð
þeir, þær, þau mæna mændu mæni mændu
imperative boðháttur
singular þú mæn (þú), mændu
plural þið mænið (þið), mæniði1
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

Old English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmæː.nɑ/

Adjective

mǣna

  1. inflection of mǣne:
    1. strong nominative/accusative feminine plural
    2. weak nominative masculine singular
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