soltinn

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse soltinn.

Adjective

soltinn (comparative soltnari, superlative soltnastur)

1. hungry

   Synonyms: hungraður, svangur

Declension

positive forms of soltinn

strong declension (indefinite)	singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	soltinn	soltin	soltið
	accusative	soltinn	soltna
	dative	soltnum	soltinni	soltnu
	genitive	soltins	soltinnar	soltins
	plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	soltnir	soltnar	soltin
	accusative	soltna
	dative	soltnum
	genitive	soltinna
weak declension (definite)	singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	soltni	soltna	soltna
	acc/dat/gen	soltna	soltnu
	plural (all-case)	soltnu

comparative forms of soltinn

weak declension (definite)		masculine	feminine	neuter
	singular (all-case)	soltnari	soltnari	soltnara
	plural (all-case)	soltnari

superlative forms of soltinn

strong declension (indefinite)	singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	soltnastur	soltnust	soltnast
	accusative	soltnastan	soltnasta
	dative	soltnustum	soltnastri	soltnustu
	genitive	soltnasts	soltnastrar	soltnasts
	plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	soltnastir	soltnastar	soltnust
	accusative	soltnasta
	dative	soltnustum
	genitive	soltnastra
weak declension (definite)	singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	soltnasti	soltnasta	soltnasta
	acc/dat/gen	soltnasta	soltnustu
	plural (all-case)	soltnustu

Further reading

• “soltinn” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)

Old Norse

Participle

soltinn

1. dead
2. hungry, starving
3. past participle of svelta

Declension

    Strong declension of soltinn

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	soltinn	soltin	soltit
accusative	soltinn	soltna	soltit
dative	soltnum	soltinni	soltnu
genitive	soltins	soltinnar	soltins
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	soltnir	soltnar	soltin
accusative	soltna	soltnar	soltin
dative	soltnum	soltnum	soltnum
genitive	soltinna	soltinna	soltinna

    Weak declension of soltinn

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	soltni	soltna	soltna
accusative	soltna	soltnu	soltna
dative	soltna	soltnu	soltna
genitive	soltna	soltnu	soltna
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	soltnu	soltnu	soltnu
accusative	soltnu	soltnu	soltnu
dative	soltnum	soltnum	soltnum
genitive	soltnu	soltnu	soltnu

Descendants

• Icelandic: soltinn
• Norwegian Nynorsk: svolten
• Old Swedish: sulten
• Danish: sulten
  • Norwegian Bokmål: sulten

References

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