regin

See also: Regin

Old Norse

FWOTD – 16 September 2014

Alternative forms

• rǫgn

Etymology

From Proto-Norse *ᚱᚨᚷᛁᚾᚨ (*ragina) (attested in ᚱᚨᚷᛁᚾᚨᚲᚢᛞᛟ (raginakudo)), Proto-Germanic *raginą (“advice, decision”). Cognate with Old English reġn-, Old Saxon regin-, regan-, Gothic 𐍂𐌰𐌲𐌹𐌽 (ragin).

Pronunciation

• (12th century Icelandic) IPA^(key): /ˈrɛɣɪ̃n/

Noun

regin n pl

1. (plural only, Germanic paganism) the gods, the ruling powers
   • Vǫluspá, verse 6, lines 1-2, in 1860, T. Möbius, Edda Sæmundar hins fróða: mit einem Anhang zum Theil bisher ungedruckter Gedichte. Leipzig, page 2:

     Þá gengu regin ǫll / á rǫkstóla, […]

     Then went all the gods / on the seats of doom, […]

Declension

Declension of regin (strong a-stem, plural only)

neuter	plural
	indefinite	definite
nominative	regin	reginin
accusative	regin	reginin
dative	rǫgnum	rǫgnunum
genitive	ragna	ragnanna

Derived terms

• ginnregin (“holy powers”)
• ragna sjǫt (“heavens”)
• ragnarøkkr (“twilight of the gods”)
• ragnarǫk (“end of the world”)
• regindómr (“the last judgment”)
• regingrjót (“holy stones, altars”)
• reginkunnr (“born from the gods”)
• reginnagl (“sacred nail”)
• reginþing (“the great council”)
• uppregin (“holy powers”)

Further reading

• Richard Cleasby, Guðbrandur Vigfússon (1874) “regin”, in An Icelandic-English Dictionary, 1st edition, Oxford: Oxford Clarendon Press, page 488
• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “regin”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 333; also available at the [https://archive.org/stream/concisedictionar001857

1. page/333 Internet Archive]

Swedish

Noun

regin

1. definite singular of regi

Anagrams

• Inger, Niger, inger, niger, ringe