heiðni

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈheiðnɪ/

  Rhymes: -eiðnɪ

Noun

heiðni f (genitive singular heiðni, no plural)

1. Heathenry, paganism

Declension

Declension of heiðni (sg-only feminine)

	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	heiðni	heiðnin
accusative	heiðni	heiðnina
dative	heiðni	heiðninni
genitive	heiðni	heiðninnar

Old Norse

Etymology

heiðinn (“heathen, pagan”) +‎ -i (“-ness”).

Noun

heiðni f (genitive heiðni)

1. paganism, heathenry

   Antonym: kristni

2. a custom or practice pertaining to paganism

Declension

Declension of heiðni (weak īn-stem, singular only)

feminine	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	heiðni	heiðnin
accusative	heiðni	heiðnina
dative	heiðni	heiðninni
genitive	heiðni	heiðninnar

Further reading

• Richard Cleasby, Guðbrandur Vigfússon (1874) “heiðni”, in An Icelandic-English Dictionary, 1st edition, Oxford: Oxford Clarendon Press