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)

1. fireplace, hearth

Declension

Declension of arinn (masculine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
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

1. a hearth, a fireplace
2. hearthstone, elevated platform

Declension

Declension of arinn (strong a-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	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

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

Descendants

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

Further reading

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