rindill

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse rindill, probably borrowed from Old Saxon wrendilo, from Proto-West Germanic *wrandilō, diminutive of Proto-West Germanic *wrandijō, from Proto-Germanic *wrandijô.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈrɪntɪtl/
  • Rhymes: -ɪntɪtl

Noun

rindill m (genitive singular rindils, nominative plural rindill)

  1. (obsolete, except in compounds) wren
  2. weakling, runt
    Synonyms: tittur, væskill, aumingi, gauð

Declension
declension of rindill
m-s1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative rindill rindillinn rindlar rindlarnir
accusative rindil rindilinn rindla rindlana
dative rindli rindlinum rindlum rindlunum
genitive rindils rindilsins rindla rindlanna

Derived terms
  • músarrindill (“Eurasian wren, Troglodytes troglodytes”)
  • rindilþvari (“little bittern, Ixobrychus minutus”)
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