hreifi

Old Norse

Etymology

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Noun

hreifi m (genitive hreifa, plural hreifar)

  1. wrist
  2. the hand and fingers
  3. seal's fin, flippers

Declension
  Declension of hreifi (weak an-stem)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative hreifi hreifinn hreifar hreifarnir
accusative hreifa hreifann hreifa hreifana
dative hreifa hreifanum hreifum hreifunum
genitive hreifa hreifans hreifa hreifanna

Synonyms
  • ulfliðr (wrist)

References

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

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