Icelandic

Noun

steinn m ‎(genitive singular steins, nominative plural steinar)

1. stone, rock
2. stone, pit, pip (the seed of certain fruit)
3. (medicine) a calculus, a stone

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Old Norse

Pronunciation

• (12th century Icelandic) IPA^(key): /ˈstɛinː/

Etymology

From Proto-Norse ᛊᛏᚨᛁᚾᚨᛉ ‎(stainaz), 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”).

Noun

steinn m (genitive steins, plural steinar)

1. a stone, boulder, rock
   • Barlaams Saga 169, in 1851, R. Keyser, C. R. Unger, Barlaams ok Josaphats saga. Christiania, page 167:

     […] meistara a stein gullsmiða eða tresmiða eða annarra hagleiksmanna. […] ‎

     […] master of stone or goldsmith or carpenter or any other crasftsman, […]

2. a precious stone
   • Óláfs saga helga 46, in 1829, Þ. Guðmundsson, C. C. Rafn, Þ. Helgason, Fornmanna sögur, Volume IV. Copenhagen, page 75:

     […] ok bitullinn var settr dýrum steinum.‎

     […] and the bridle was inlaid with costly precious stones.

3. (medicine) a calculus, gravel
   • Hrafns saga 4, in 1858, J. Sigurðsson, G. Vigfússon, Biskupa sögur, Volume I. Copenhagen, page 644:

     Ok síðan skar hann um endilangt með knífi, ok tók í brott tvo steina; […] ‎

     And then cut him wide open with a knife and took away two calculi; […]

4. 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:

     […] steint beði hvitom steini oc ravðum. […] ‎

     […] bed painted with white colour and red, […]

5. 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:

     […] oc valði sèr til bygþar æinn stein, […] ‎

     […] and chose a stone hermitage as an abode, […]

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References

• steinn in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• steinn in An Icelandic-English Dictionary, R. Cleasby and G. Vigfússon, Clarendon Press, 1874, at Internet Archive.
• steinn in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.