hreinsa

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse hreinsa, from Proto-Germanic *hrainisōną.

Verb

hreinsa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative hreinsaði, supine hreinsað)

  1. (transitive, governs the accusative) to clean, to cleanse
  2. (transitive, governs the accusative, e.g. of oil or air) to refine, to purify
    Að hreinsa olíu. ― To refine oil.
    Hreinsað loft. ― Purified air.
    Hreinsaðar olíuvörur. ― Refined petroleum products.

Synonyms

Derived terms
derived terms
  • dauðhreinsa (to sterilise)
  • fituhreinsa (to degrease)
  • hreinsa af ákæru (to exculpate)
  • hreinsa til
  • hreinsa sig
  • hreinsa sig af
  • hreinsaður
  • hreinsaður sykur (refined sugar)
  • hreinsanlegur (refinable)
  • hreinsun
  • sótthreinsa (to disinfect)
  • óhreinsaður (unrefined, unrectified)
  • óhreinsaður sykur (unrefined sugar)

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hrainisōną (“clean, cleanse, purify”).

Verb

hreinsa

  1. to make clean, cleanse
  2. to purge, clear

Conjugation
Conjugation of hreinsa — active (weak class 2)
infinitive hreinsa
present participle hreinsandi
past participle hreinsaðr
indicative present past
1st-person singular hreinsa hreinsaða
2nd-person singular hreinsar hreinsaðir
3rd-person singular hreinsar hreinsaði
1st-person plural hreinsum hreinsuðum
2nd-person plural hreinsið hreinsuðuð
3rd-person plural hreinsa hreinsuðu
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular hreinsa hreinsaða
2nd-person singular hreinsir hreinsaðir
3rd-person singular hreinsi hreinsaði
1st-person plural hreinsim hreinsaðim
2nd-person plural hreinsið hreinsaðið
3rd-person plural hreinsi hreinsaði
imperative present
2nd-person singular hreinsa
1st-person plural hreinsum
2nd-person plural hreinsið
Conjugation of hreinsa — mediopassive (weak class 2)
infinitive hreinsask
present participle hreinsandisk
past participle hreinsazk
indicative present past
1st-person singular hreinsumk hreinsuðumk
2nd-person singular hreinsask hreinsaðisk
3rd-person singular hreinsask hreinsaðisk
1st-person plural hreinsumsk hreinsuðumsk
2nd-person plural hreinsizk hreinsuðuzk
3rd-person plural hreinsask hreinsuðusk
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular hreinsumk hreinsuðumk
2nd-person singular hreinsisk hreinsaðisk
3rd-person singular hreinsisk hreinsaðisk
1st-person plural hreinsimsk hreinsaðimsk
2nd-person plural hreinsizk hreinsaðizk
3rd-person plural hreinsisk hreinsaðisk
imperative present
2nd-person singular hreinsask
1st-person plural hreinsumsk
2nd-person plural hreinsizk

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Icelandic: hreinsa
  • Faroese: reinsa
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: reinsa
  • Elfdalian: rįesa
  • Swedish: rensa
  • Danish: rense

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