regin

See also: Regin

Old Norse

FWOTD – 16 September 2014

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Norse *ᚱᚨᚷᛁᚾᚨ (*ragina) (attested in ᚱᚨᚷᛁᚾᚨᚲᚢᛞᛟ (raginakudo)), Proto-Germanic *raginą (“advice, decision”). Cognate with Old English reġn-, Old Saxon regin-, regan-, Gothic 𐍂𐌰𐌲𐌹𐌽 (ragin).

Pronunciation

  • (12th century Icelandic) IPA(key): /ˈrɛɣɪ̃n/

Noun

regin n pl

  1. (plural only, Germanic paganism) the gods, the ruling powers
    • Vǫluspá, verse 6, lines 1-2, in 1860, T. Möbius, Edda Sæmundar hins fróða: mit einem Anhang zum Theil bisher ungedruckter Gedichte. Leipzig, page 2:
      Þá gengu regin ǫll / á rǫkstóla, […]
      Then went all the gods / on the seats of doom, […]

Declension

Declension of regin (strong a-stem, plural only)
neuter plural
indefinite definite
nominative regin reginin
accusative regin reginin
dative rǫgnum rǫgnunum
genitive ragna ragnanna

Derived terms

  • ginnregin (“holy powers”)
  • ragna sjǫt (“heavens”)
  • ragnarøkkr (“twilight of the gods”)
  • ragnarǫk (“end of the world”)
  • regindómr (“the last judgment”)
  • regingrjót (“holy stones, altars”)
  • reginkunnr (“born from the gods”)
  • reginnagl (“sacred nail”)
  • reginþing (“the great council”)
  • uppregin (“holy powers”)

Further reading

  • Richard Cleasby, Guðbrandur Vigfússon (1874) “regin”, in An Icelandic-English Dictionary, 1st edition, Oxford: Oxford Clarendon Press, page 488
  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “regin”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 333; also available at the Internet Archive

Swedish

Noun

regin

  1. definite singular of regi

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