Faroese

Proper noun

Regin m

1. A male given name.

Usage notes

• Reginsson, patronymic, son of Regin
• Reginsdóttir, patronymic, daughter of Regin

Declension

Old Norse

Alternative forms

• rǫgn

Noun

regin n pl

1. (plural only, Norse mythology) the gods, the ruling powers
   • Vǫluspá, verse 6, lines 1-2, in 1860, T. Möbius, Edda Sæmundar hins fróða: mit einem Anhang zum Theil bisher ungedruckter Gedichte. Leipzig, page 2:

     Þá gengu regin öll / á rökstóla, […]

     Then went reigns all / on the seats of doom, […]

Declension

Derived terms

References

• regin in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• regin in An Icelandic-English Dictionary, R. Cleasby and G. Vigfússon, Clarendon Press, 1874, at Internet Archive.
• regin in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.

Swedish

Noun

regin

1. definite singular of regi