fleinn

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse fleinn (“arrow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fleitn/

  Rhymes: -eitn

Noun

fleinn m (genitive singular fleins, nominative plural fleinar)

1. arrow, javelin, barbed weapon

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *flainaz (“hook, spear with a tip”), from Proto-Indo-European *pleyn- (“metal arrow, hook, spear-head”).

Noun

fleinn m (genitive fleins, plural fleinar)

1. arrow, javelin, barbed weapon

Declension

  Declension of fleinn (strong a-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	fleinn	fleinninn	fleinar	fleinarnir
accusative	flein	fleininn	fleina	fleinana
dative	fleini	fleininum	fleinum	fleinunum
genitive	fleins	fleinsins	fleina	fleinanna