flein
Norwegian Bokmål
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈflæɪn/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -æɪn
- Hyphenation: flein
Etymology 1
From Swedish fläin (“swollen ice”), possibly related to Swedish flen (“wound, skin growth”).
Etymology 2
From Swedish flen (“wound, skin growth”), original meaning possibly "swell" or "knot". Possibly related to Swedish fläin (“swollen ice”).
Adjective
flein (neuter singular fleint, definite singular and plural fleine, comparative fleinere, indefinite superlative fleinest, definite superlative fleineste)
Noun
flein n (definite singular fleinet, indefinite plural flein, definite plural fleina or fleinene)
Etymology 3
From Old Norse fleinn (“hook, barbed weapon, javelin, arrow”), from Proto-Germanic *flainaz (“hook, prong, speartip, ord”), from Proto-Indo-European *pleyn- (“metal arrow, spear-head, hook”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pel- (“to split, divide”).
Noun
flein m (definite singular fleinen, indefinite plural fleiner, definite plural fleinene)
- (weaponry) an arrow with a barb
- 1900, Gustav Storm, transl., Kongesagaer, page 114:
- da fløi en pil af den slags som kaldes flein, og kom i kong Haakons arm
- then an arrow of the kind called barbed arrow flew, and came into King Haakon's arm
- 1975, Ludvig Holm-Olsen, transl., Edda-dikt, page 154:
- [Jarl] skjøt med flein og frankiske spyd
- [Jarl] shot with barbed arrows and Frankish spears
References
Anagrams
- filen, fline
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Back-formation from fleinsopp