galinn

Icelandic

Etymology

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

Adjective

galinn (comparative galnari, superlative galnastur)

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

Declension

positive forms of galinn

strong declension (indefinite)	singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	galinn	galin	galið
	accusative	galinn	galna
	dative	gölnum	galinni	gölnu
	genitive	galins	galinnar	galins
	plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	galnir	galnar	galin
	accusative	galna
	dative	gölnum
	genitive	galinna
weak declension (definite)	singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	galni	galna	galna
	acc/dat/gen	galna	gölnu
	plural (all-case)	gölnu

comparative forms of galinn

weak declension (definite)		masculine	feminine	neuter
	singular (all-case)	galnari	galnari	galnara
	plural (all-case)	galnari

superlative forms of galinn

strong declension (indefinite)	singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	galnastur	gölnust	galnast
	accusative	galnastan	galnasta
	dative	gölnustum	galnastri	gölnustu
	genitive	galnasts	galnastrar	galnasts
	plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	galnastir	galnastar	gölnust
	accusative	galnasta
	dative	gölnustum
	genitive	galnastra
weak declension (definite)	singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	galnasti	galnasta	galnasta
	acc/dat/gen	galnasta	gölnustu
	plural (all-case)	gölnustu

Old Norse

Etymology

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

Participle

galinn (feminine galin, neuter galit)

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

Declension

Strong declension of galinn

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	galinn	galin	galit
accusative	galinn	galna	galit
dative	gǫlnum	galinni	gǫlnu
genitive	galins	galinnar	galins
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	galnir	galnar	galin
accusative	galna	galnar	galin
dative	gǫlnum	gǫlnum	gǫlnum
genitive	galinna	galinna	galinna

Weak declension of galinn

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	galni	galna	galna
accusative	galna	gǫlnu	galna
dative	galna	gǫlnu	galna
genitive	galna	gǫlnu	galna
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	gǫlnu	gǫlnu	gǫlnu
accusative	gǫlnu	gǫlnu	gǫlnu
dative	gǫlnum	gǫlnum	gǫlnum
genitive	gǫlnu	gǫlnu	gǫlnu

Declension of comparative of galinn

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	galnari	galnari	galnara
accusative	galnara	galnari	galnara
dative	galnara	galnari	galnara
genitive	galnara	galnari	galnara
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	galnari	galnari	galnari
accusative	galnari	galnari	galnari
dative	gǫlnurum	gǫlnurum	gǫlnurum
genitive	galnari	galnari	galnari

Strong declension of superlative of galinn

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	galnastr	gǫlnust	galnast
accusative	galnastan	galnasta	galnast
dative	gǫlnustum	galnastri	gǫlnustu
genitive	galnasts	galnastrar	galnasts
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	galnastir	galnastar	gǫlnust
accusative	galnasta	galnastar	gǫlnust
dative	gǫlnustum	gǫlnustum	gǫlnustum
genitive	galnastra	galnastra	galnastra

Weak declension of superlative of galinn

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	galnasti	galnasta	galnasta
accusative	galnasta	gǫlnustu	galnasta
dative	galnasta	gǫlnustu	galnasta
genitive	galnasta	gǫlnustu	galnasta
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	gǫlnustu	gǫlnustu	gǫlnustu
accusative	gǫlnustu	gǫlnustu	gǫlnustu
dative	gǫlnustum	gǫlnustum	gǫlnustum
genitive	gǫlnustu	gǫlnustu	gǫlnustu

Descendants

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

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “galinn”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive