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Regin

Regin

See also: regin

Faroese

Proper noun

Regin m

  1. A male given name.

Usage notes

  • Reginsson, patronymic, son of Regin
  • Reginsdóttir, patronymic, daughter of Regin

Declension

Singular
Indefinite
Nominative Regin
Accusative Regin
Dative Regini
Genitive Regins

regin

regin

See also: Regin

Old Norse

Alternative forms

  • rǫgn

Noun

regin n pl

  1. (plural only, Norse mythology) 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 öll / á rökstóla, []
      Then went reigns all / on the seats of doom, []

Declension

Derived terms

References

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

Swedish

Noun

regin

  1. definite singular of regi