teinn

See also: téinn

Irish

Adjective

teinn (genitive singular feminine teinne, plural teinne, comparative teinne)

1. Superseded spelling of tinn.

Declension

Declension of teinn

Positive	singular		plural
	masculine	feminine	strong noun	weak noun
nominative	teinn	theinn	teinne; theinne2
vocative	theinn		teinne
genitive		teinne	teinne	teinn
dative	teinn; theinn1	theinn	teinne; theinne2
Comparative	níos teinne
Superlative	is teinne

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Adjective

teinn

1. (archaic) inflection of teann:
   1. vocative/genitive singular masculine
   2. dative singular feminine

Mutation

Mutated forms of teinn

radical	lenition	eclipsis
teinn	theinn	dteinn

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *tainaz. Cognate with Old English tān. For the divination aspect see Old English tānhlyta.

Noun

teinn m (genitive teins, plural teinar)

1. twig, branch
   • Hymiskviða, st. 1/3–4

     hristu teina · ok á hlaut sǫ́u
     fundu at Ægis · ørkost hvera.

     they shook the twigs and looked at the divination;
     they found [out through the divination that] at Ægir’s home [there was] an immense choice of cauldrons.

2. sprout

Declension

Declension of teinn (strong a-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	teinn	teinninn	teinar	teinarnir
accusative	tein	teininn	teina	teinana
dative	teini	teininum	teinum	teinunum
genitive	teins	teinsins	teina	teinanna

Descendants

• Icelandic: teinn
• Faroese: teinur
• Norwegian Nynorsk: tein; (dialectal) teidn, tæn
  • → Norwegian Bokmål: tein
• Old Swedish: tēn
  • Swedish: ten
• Danish: ten
  • Norwegian Bokmål: ten