# meina
## Faroese
### Etymology

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

### Verb

meina (third person singular past indicative meinaði, third person plural past indicative meinað, supine meinað)
* to damage, to hurt
* to prevent, to avoid

#### Conjugation

$^1$Only the past participle being declined.

### Verb

meina
* to mean, to hold, to claim
    Eg meini tað.I mean it.

#### Conjugation

$^1$Only the past participle being declined.

## Gothic
### Romanization

meina
* Romanization of 𐌼𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌰

## Icelandic
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmeiːna/
    Rhymes: -eiːna
    Homophone: meyna

### Verb

meina (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative meinti, supine meint)
* to think, be of a certain opinion
* to mean
* (emphatically) to really mean, to not be joking

#### Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

### Verb

meina (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative meinaði, supine meinað)
* to prohibit or prevent (something, someone from doing something)

#### Conjugation
## Norwegian Bokmål
### Noun

meina n
* definite plural of mein

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Alternative forms

* meine (e-infinitive)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /²mɛɪːna/ (verbs)

### Etymology 1

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.

#### Alternative forms

* men, mene, mein, mæn

#### Verb

meina (present tense meiner, past tense meinte, past participle meint, passive infinitive meinast, present participle meinande, imperative mein)
* to mean (convey meaning)
    Kva meiner dei med dette?What do they mean by this?
* 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.

##### Derived terms

* meining

### Etymology 2

From Old Norse meina.

#### Verb

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

### Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmɛɪːna/

#### Noun

meina n
* definite plural of mein

### Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /²mɛɪːna/

#### Noun

meina f
* definite singular of meine

### References

* “meina” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Old Norse
### Etymology 1

Probably of the noun mein (“harm”).

#### Verb

meina
* to harm [with accusative]
** to do harm to [with dative]
* to hinder, prevent
* to forbid, prohibit

##### Descendants

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

### Etymology 2

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

#### Verb

meina
* (rare) to mean (think)

##### Descendants

* Icelandic: meina
* Faroese: meina
* Norwegian Nynorsk: meina, meine
** → Norwegian Bokmål: meine
* Old Swedish: mena
** Swedish: mena
* Danish: mene
** Norwegian Bokmål: mene

### Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Adjective

meina
* inflection of meinn:
** strong feminine accusative singular
** strong masculine accusative plural
** weak masculine oblique cases singular
** weak feminine nominative singular
** weak neuter all cases singular

#### Noun

meina n
* genitive plural of mein

### Further reading

* Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “meina”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive