trýni

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse trýni, from Proto-Germanic *treuniją; cognate with Swedish tryne, Danish tryne, and Faroese trýni.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʰriːnɪ/

  Rhymes: -iːnɪ

Noun

trýni n (genitive singular trýnis, nominative plural trýni)

1. snout, muzzle

Declension

Declension of trýni (neuter)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	trýni	trýnið	trýni	trýnin
accusative	trýni	trýnið	trýni	trýnin
dative	trýni	trýninu	trýnum	trýnunum
genitive	trýnis	trýnisins	trýna	trýnanna

Old Norse

Etymology

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Noun

trýni m (genitive trýna)

1. (anatomy) snout

Declension

Declension of trýni (weak an-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	trýni	trýninn	trýnar	trýnarnir
accusative	trýna	trýnann	trýna	trýnana
dative	trýna	trýnanum	trýnum	trýnunum
genitive	trýna	trýnans	trýna	trýnanna

Related terms

• trjóna

Descendants

• Icelandic: trýni
• Norn: trøni
• Norwegian Nynorsk: tryne
• Norwegian Bokmål: tryne
• Swedish: tryne
• Danish: tryne

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “trýni”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 443; also available at the Internet Archive