meina

From late Old Norse meina, from Middle Low German meinen, mēnen (“to mean”), from Old Saxon mēnian.

meina (third person singular past indicative meinaði, third person plural past indicative meinað, supine meinað)

1. to damage, to hurt
2. to prevent, to avoid

Conjugation of meina (group v-30)
infinitive	meina
supine	meinað
participle (a6)1	meinandi	meinaður
	present	past
first singular	meini	meinaði
second singular	meinar	meinaði
third singular	meinar	meinaði
plural	meina	meinaðu
	imperative
singular	meina!
plural	meinið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

meina

1. to mean, to hold, to claim
   • eg meini tað (with stress on meini)

     ah well

Conjugation of meina (group v-29-2)
infinitive	meina
supine	meinað/ meint
participle (a5/ a39)1	meinandi	meintur
	present	past
first singular	meini	meinti
second singular	meinar/ meinir	meinti
third singular	meinar/ meinir	meinti
plural	meina	meintu
	imperative
singular	meina/ mein!
plural	meinið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

meina

1. Romanization of 𐌼𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌰

From late Old Norse meina, from Middle Low German meinen, mēnen (“to mean”), from Old Saxon mēnian.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmeiːna/

  Rhymes: -eiːna

  Homophones: meyna

meina (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative meinti, supine meint)

1. to think, be of a certain opinion
2. to mean
3. (emphatically) to really mean, to not be joking

meina (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative meinaði, supine meinað)

1. to prohibit or prevent (something, someone from doing something)

meina n

1. definite plural of mein

• meine (e-infinitive)

• IPA^(key): /²mɛɪːna/ (verbs)

From Old Norse meina, from Middle Low German meinen, mēnen, from Old Saxon mēnian, from Proto-West Germanic *mainijan, from Proto-Germanic *mainijaną. The noun is derived from the verb.

• men, mene, mein, mæn

meina (present tense meiner, past tense meinte, past participle meint, passive infinitive meinast, present participle meinande, imperative mein)

1. to mean (convey meaning)

   Kva meiner dei med dette?

   What do they mean by this?

2. think (to be of the opinion)

   Synonyms: tru, tenkja

   Eg veit ikkje kva eg skal meina om dette.

   I don't know what to think about this.

• meining

From Old Norse meina.

meina (present tense meinar, past tense meina, past participle meina, passive infinitive meinast, present participle meinande, imperative meina/mein)

1. to harm

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛɪːna/

meina n

1. definite plural of mein

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• IPA^(key): /²mɛɪːna/

meina f

1. definite singular of meine

• “meina” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Probably of the noun mein (“harm”).

meina

2. (transitive with accusative) to harm
   1. (transitive with dative) to do harm to
3. to hinder, prevent
4. to forbid, prohibit

• Icelandic: meina
• Faroese: meina
• Norwegian Nynorsk: meina, meine
• Old Swedish: mēna
  • Swedish: mena, förmena

From Middle Low German meinen, mēnen, from Old Saxon mēnian, from Proto-West Germanic *mainijan, from Proto-Germanic *mainijaną.

meina

2. (rare) to mean (think)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

meina

1. inflection of meinn:
   1. strong feminine accusative singular
   2. strong masculine accusative plural
   3. weak masculine oblique cases singular
   4. weak feminine nominative singular
   5. weak neuter all cases singular

meina n

1. genitive plural of mein

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