hreinsan

Old Norse

Etymology

From hreinsa +‎ -an.

Noun

hreinsan f

1. cleansing

Declension

Declension of hreinsan (strong i-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	hreinsan	hreinsanin	hreinsanir	hreinsanirnar
accusative	hreinsan	hreinsanina	hreinsanir	hreinsanirnar
dative	hreinsan	hreinsaninni	hreinsunum	hreinsununum
genitive	hreinsanar	hreinsanarinnar	hreinsana	hreinsananna

Derived terms

• hreinsanareldr m (“purgatory”)

Further reading

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