Sinn

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

sinn Old Icelandic word can mean:

sinn

I)

sinn

(sín, sitt), poss. pron. his, her, its, their;

sinn

1) referring to the subj. in a sentence, Hallgerðr fastnaði dóttur sína, H. betrothed her daughter;

sinn

Hrútr var harðráðr við úvini sína, H. was stern towards his foes;

sinn

2) referring to the object;

sinn

hvat vill Haraldr bjóða Nóregs konungi fyrir sitt starf, what will H. offer to the king of Norway for his (viz. the latter’s) trouble? Sigurðr jarl gaf upp Orkneyingum óðul sín, their odals;

sinn

hann þakkar honum sitt ~i, he thanks him for his help;

sinn

3) neut. as subst.;

sinn

kostaði hann einn allt fyrir, en bœndr ekki af sínu, nothing of their own;

sinn

allt mun þat sínu fran fara um aldr manna, it will all go its own course to a man’s life;

sinn

4) with sjálfr both words are declined;

sinn

þeir báðu hana taka sjálfrar ~ar ráð, they bade her take her own counsel;

sinn

5) with hvárr and hverr in a distributive sense;

sinn

tók sitt langskip hvárr þeira, each of the two took a long ship;

sinn

~ vetr þá hvárr heimboð at öðrum, they visited each other, winter about;

sinn

sínu ~i at hvárs búum, alternately on each other’s estates;

sinn

~ veg hvárr, one each way;

sinn

þykkir nökkut ~ veg hváru, each took his own view of the matter;

sinn

ferr ~ veg hverr um skóginn, they (all) went each his own way in the wood;

sinn

skulu vaka ~ þriðjung nætr hverir tveir, two and two in turn.

sinn

II)

sinn

n. time;

sinn

eitt ~, einu ~i, one time, once (þat var eitt ~, at Egill gekk til elda at verma sik);

sinn

eitthvert ~, einhverju ~i = eitt ~, einu ~i;

sinn

einhverju ~i bar svá til, at, one time it happened that;

sinn

ekki ~, engu ~i, never;

sinn

aldri ~, never more (aldri skaltu koma í mína rekkju ~ síðan);

sinn

þat ~, that time;

sinn

þessu ~i, this time;

sinn

(í) annat ~, öðru ~i, a second time, again;

sinn

hit fyrra ~, the first time;

sinn

hit þriðja ~, for the third time;

sinn

at ~i, for the present (þeir skilja tal sitt at ~i);

sinn

um ~, once (veg þú aldri meirr í inn sama knérunn en um ~);

sinn

for this one time (ek mun leysa þik ór vandræði þessu um ~);

sinn

um ~s sakir, for this once (eigi vil ek synja þér um ~s sakir þessa);

sinn

dat. pl., sjau ~um, seven times;

sinn

endr ok ~um, now and then, from time to time;

sinn

nökkurum ~um, several times.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᛁᚾᚾ

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This headword also appears in dictionaries of other languages closely related to Old Icelandic.

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