hreinsa

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse hreinsa, from Proto-Germanic *hrainisōną.

Verb

hreinsa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative hreinsaði, supine hreinsað)

1. to clean, to cleanse [with accusative]

   Synonym: þrífa

2. (e.g. of oil or air) to refine, to purify [with accusative]

   Að hreinsa olíu. ― To refine oil.

   Hreinsað loft. ― Purified air.

   Hreinsaðar olíuvörur. ― Refined petroleum products.

Derived terms

• dauðhreinsa (“to sterilise”)
• fituhreinsa (“to degrease”)
• hreinsa af ákæru (“to exculpate”)
• hreinsa sig
• hreinsa sig af
• hreinsa til
• hreinsaður
• hreinsaður sykur (“refined sugar”)
• hreinsanlegur (“refinable”)
• hreinsun
• óhreinsaður (“unrefined, unrectified”)
• óhreinsaður sykur (“unrefined sugar”)
• sótthreinsa (“to disinfect”)

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hrainisōną (“clean, cleanse, purify”).

Verb

hreinsa

1. to make clean, cleanse
2. to purge, clear

Conjugation

Conjugation of hreinsa — active (weak class 2)

infinitive	hreinsa
present participle	hreinsandi
past participle	hreinsaðr
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	hreinsa	hreinsaða
2nd-person singular	hreinsar	hreinsaðir
3rd-person singular	hreinsar	hreinsaði
1st-person plural	hreinsum	hreinsuðum
2nd-person plural	hreinsið	hreinsuðuð
3rd-person plural	hreinsa	hreinsuðu
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	hreinsa	hreinsaða
2nd-person singular	hreinsir	hreinsaðir
3rd-person singular	hreinsi	hreinsaði
1st-person plural	hreinsim	hreinsaðim
2nd-person plural	hreinsið	hreinsaðið
3rd-person plural	hreinsi	hreinsaði
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	hreinsa
1st-person plural	hreinsum
2nd-person plural	hreinsið

Conjugation of hreinsa — mediopassive (weak class 2)

infinitive	hreinsask
present participle	hreinsandisk
past participle	hreinsazk
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	hreinsumk	hreinsuðumk
2nd-person singular	hreinsask	hreinsaðisk
3rd-person singular	hreinsask	hreinsaðisk
1st-person plural	hreinsumsk	hreinsuðumsk
2nd-person plural	hreinsizk	hreinsuðuzk
3rd-person plural	hreinsask	hreinsuðusk
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	hreinsumk	hreinsuðumk
2nd-person singular	hreinsisk	hreinsaðisk
3rd-person singular	hreinsisk	hreinsaðisk
1st-person plural	hreinsimsk	hreinsaðimsk
2nd-person plural	hreinsizk	hreinsaðizk
3rd-person plural	hreinsisk	hreinsaðisk
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	hreinsask
1st-person plural	hreinsumsk
2nd-person plural	hreinsizk

Derived terms

• hreinsan f (“cleansing”)

Related terms

• hreinn (“clean”)

Descendants

• Icelandic: hreinsa
• Faroese: reinsa
• Norwegian Nynorsk: reinsa
• Elfdalian: rįesa
• Swedish: rensa
• Danish: rense
  • Norwegian Bokmål: rense

Further reading

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