Icelandic

Adjective

hreinn ‎(comparative hreinni, superlative hreinastur)

1. clean
2. pure
3. (slang) virgin

   Ertu ennþá hreinn?

   Are you still a virgin? (referring to a man)

   Ertu ennþá hrein?

   Are you still a virgin? (referring to a woman)

Inflection

Antonyms

• (clean): óhreinn, skítugur

Derived terms

• hreinleiki
• hreinn sveinn
• hrein mey

Etymology

From Old Norse hreinn.

Noun

hreinn m ‎(genitive singular hreins, nominative plural hreinar)

1. (male) reindeer

Declension

Derived terms

• hreindýr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hrinda-, akin to German Renn ‎(“reindeer”) and Old English hran ‎(“reindeer”), most likely from Proto-Indo-European *ḱer-.

Noun

hreinn m (genitive hreins, plural hreinar)

1. reindeer

Declension

Synonyms

• hreindýri

Derived terms

• hreindýri
• hreinbjálbi
• hreinstaka

Descendants

References

• hreinn in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Entry "hreinn" on page 209 in: Geir T. Zoëga "A Concise Dictionary of Old Islandic", Oxford at the Claredon Press (1910).