Einn

As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):

einn Old Icelandic word can mean:

einn

card. numb. and pron.

einn

1) one;

einn

~ skal við ~ eiga, one shall fight against one;

einn

~ ok ~, one by one, one at a time, singly;

einn

2) as ord. numb. = inn fyrsti (Urð hétu eina, aðra Verðandi, Skuld ina þriðju);

einn

3) the same, one and the same (váru sveinarnir up fœddir báðir í einu þorpi);

einn

allt í eina leið, all in one way;

einn

~ … ok, the same as (í einu herbergi ok hinn);

einn

allr ~, the very same, quite the same (þat er allt eitt ok himinn);

einn

allt at einu, nevertheless, for all that (þó at þú þjónaðir illum, þó var hann allt at einu þinn herra);

einn

4) indef. one, a certain (~ vetr, ~ dag, eitt kveld);

einn

~ vinr Þóris, a certain friend of Th.;

einn

before numbers, about, some;

einn

einar fimm þúsundir, some five thousand;

einn

einir … aðrir, some … others (einir tóku dúka ok aðrir rekkjublæjur);

einn

~ ok ýmiss, one and another (einar ok ýmissar þjóðir);

einn

5) after a negation, any;

einn

né eitt, not anything;

einn

6) gen. pl. ‘~a’ used in an intensive sense;

einn

~a manna bezt, best of all (single) men;

einn

~a verst, by far the worst;

einn

~a sízt, by far the least, least of all;

einn

engi er ~a hvatastr, no man is superior to all others;

einn

7) alone (Guðrún skyldi ein ráða fyrir fé þeirra);

einn

láta konu eina, to desert or divorce one’s wife;

einn

with gen., hann varð ~ sinna manna, he was separated from his men;

einn

if put after the noun ‘~’ generally denotes only, but;

einn

segja þetta prett ~, to call this a mere trick;

einn

vín eitt, wine only;

einn

var þat (handklæði) raufar einar, all in holes, mere tatters;

einn

fáir einir, only a few;

einn

~ sér or sér ~, quite by oneself, alone (hann var ~ sér);

einn

~ saman, ~ samt, quite alone;

einn

kona eigi ein saman, not alone, with child;

einn

at eins, only, but;

einn

eigi at eins, not only;

einn

því at eins, only in that case;

einn

údauðr at eins, merely not dead, all but dead, barely alive;

einn

at einu = at eins.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛁᛁᚾᚾ

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• Old Norse - Cleasby & Vigfusson Dictionary
• Old Norwegian - Johan Fritzner's Dictionary