steinn

== Icelandic == === Etymology === From Old Norse steinn (“stone”), from Proto-Norse ᛊᛏᚨᛁᚾᚨᛉ (stainaʀ), from Proto-Germanic *stainaz (“stone”). Cognate with English stone, German Stein, Dutch steen, Danish sten, Norwegian Bokmål sten, Norwegian Nynorsk stein, Swedish sten, Faroese steinur, West Frisian stien, Low German Steen. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *steyh₂- (“something hard”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /steitn/ Rhymes: -eitn === Noun === steinn m (genitive singular steins, nominative plural steinar) stone, rock stone, pit, pip (the seed of certain fruit) (medicine) a calculus, a stone ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Anagrams === tennis == Old Norse == === Alternative forms === ᛋᛏᛡᛁᚾ (stᴀin), ᛋᛏᛅᛁᚾ (stain), ᛋᛏᛁᚾ (stin) stæinn — Old East Norse === Etymology === From Proto-Norse ᛊᛏᚨᛁᚾᚨᛉ (stainaʀ), from Proto-Germanic *stainaz (“stone”). Cognate with Old English stān, Old Frisian stēn, Old Saxon stēn, Old High German stein, Gothic 𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍃 (stains).Ultimately from Pre-Germanic *stoyh₂nos, o-grade of Proto-Indo-European *steyh₂- (“to stiffen”). === Pronunciation === (12th century Icelandic) IPA(key): /ˈstɛ̃ĩnː/ === Noun === steinn m (genitive steins, plural steinar) a stone, boulder, rock Barlaams Saga 169, in 1851, R. Keyser, C. R. Unger, Barlaams ok Josaphats saga. Christiania, page 167: a precious stone Óláfs saga helga 46, in 1829, Þ. Guðmundsson, C. C. Rafn, Þ. Helgason, Fornmanna sögur, Volume IV. Copenhagen, page 75: (medicine) a calculus, gravel Hrafns saga 4, in 1858, J. Sigurðsson, G. Vigfússon, Biskupa sögur, Volume I. Copenhagen, page 644: mineral blee, colour, paint Separate Saga of St. Olaf 112, in 1853, P. A. Munch, C. R. Unger, Saga Olafs konungs ens Helga. Christiania, page 124: a stone building, cloister, cell (especially of an anchoret) Óláfs saga Tryggvasonar 75, in 1835, F. Magnússon, C. C. Rafn, Fornmanna sögur, Volume X. Copenhagen, page 373: ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== === Further reading === Richard Cleasby; Guðbrandur Vigfússon (1874), “steinn”, in An Icelandic-English Dictionary, 1st edition, Oxford: Oxford Clarendon Press, page 591 Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “steinn”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 406; also available at the Internet Archive