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galinn

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Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse galinn, from gala. Compare galdur (magic).

Adjective

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galinn (comparative galnari, superlative galnastur)

  1. insane, crazy
  2. frenzied, voluptuous, sensual, furious, frantic

Declension

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Old Norse

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *galanaz, past participle of *galaną (to shout; to sing).

Participle

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galinn (feminine galin, neuter galit)

  1. past participle of gala
  2. mad, frantic
  3. enchanted

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Old Danish: galæn
    • Danish: gal
      • Norwegian Bokmål: gal
        • Norwegian Nynorsk: gal
  • Faroese: galin
  • Icelandic: galinn
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: galen; (dialectal) gælin, gælen
  • Old Swedish: galin

References

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  • galinn”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press