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hyrna

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See also: hýrna and hyrne

Icelandic

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A 3-simplex, also known as a ferflötungur, fjórflötungur, þrístrend strýta or þrístrendur píramíti (a tetrahedron).

Etymology

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From Old Norse hyrna, from Proto-Germanic *hurnijǭ. Related to horn (an angle, a corner).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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hyrna f (genitive singular hyrnu, nominative plural hyrnur)

  1. a carton in the shape of a tetrahedron or a triangular pyramid
  2. (geometry, topology) a simplex

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Further reading

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology 1

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From Middle Norwegian hyrni n, from Old Norse hyrna f, from Proto-Germanic *hurnijǭ f.

Alternative forms

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Noun

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hyrna n (definite singular hyrna, indefinite and definite plural hyrno)

  1. corner ((pre-1938) alternative form of hyrne n)

hyrna

  1. definite plural of hyrne n

Etymology 2

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Noun

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hyrna f (definite singular hyrna, indefinite plural hyrner or hyrnor, definite plural hyrnene or hyrnone)

  1. horned animal ((pre-2012) alternative form of hyrne f)

hyrna

  1. definite singular of hyrne

References

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Old Norse

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *hurnijǭ, feminine diminutive of *hurną whence Old Norse horn. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂-.

Noun

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hyrna f

  1. point of an axe-head
  2. a corner

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Icelandic: hyrna f
  • Middle Norwegian: hyrni n
  • Old Swedish: hyrna
  • Danish: hjørne n

References

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  • hyrna”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press