arinn

See also: ærinn

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse arinn, whence also Danish arne.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈaːrɪnː/

Noun

arinn m (genitive singular arins, nominative plural arnar)

fireplace, hearth

Declension

declension of arinn

	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
m-s1	singular		plural
nominative	arinn	arinninn	arnar	arnarnir
accusative	arin	arininn	arna	arnana
dative	arni	arninum	örnum	örnunum
genitive	arins	arinsins	arna	arnanna

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Norse ᚨᛉᛁᚾᚨᛉ (aʀinaʀ) (only attested in the accusative singular ᚨᛉᛁᚾᚨ (aʀina)), from a hypothetical Proto-Germanic *azinaz, derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eHs- (“hearth, ashes”). See also Gothic 𐌰𐌶𐌲𐍉 (azgō), Proto-West Germanic *askā (“ash”).

Noun

arinn m

a hearth, a fireplace
an elevated platform

Declension

Declension of arinn (strong a-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
masculine	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	arinn	arinninn	arnar	arnarnir
accusative	arin	arininn	arna	arnana
dative	arni	arninum	ǫrnum	ǫrnunum
genitive	arins	arinsins	arna	arnanna

Derived terms

arinkjóll (“house”, literally “hearth-ship”)

Descendants

Icelandic: arinn
Faroese: árin, árnur
Old Danish: arnæ
- Danish: arne
  - Norwegian Bokmål: arne
Norwegian Bokmål: åre
Old Swedish: arin, ærin
- Swedish: ärne (dialectal)

References

“arinn”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Pokorny, Julius (1959) chapter 265, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 265

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