hreifi

Old Norse

Etymology

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Noun

hreifi m (genitive hreifa, plural hreifar)

1. wrist
2. the hand and fingers
3. seal's fin, flippers

Declension

Declension of hreifi (weak an-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	hreifi	hreifinn	hreifar	hreifarnir
accusative	hreifa	hreifann	hreifa	hreifana
dative	hreifa	hreifanum	hreifum	hreifunum
genitive	hreifa	hreifans	hreifa	hreifanna

Synonyms

• ulfliðr (wrist)

Further reading

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