tekinn

Icelandic

Adjective

tekinn (not comparable)

1. ravaged, shaken up (in appearance)

Declension

positive forms of tekinn

strong declension (indefinite)	singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	tekinn	tekin	tekið
	accusative	tekinn	tekna
	dative	teknum	tekinni	teknu
	genitive	tekins	tekinnar	tekins
	plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	teknir	teknar	tekin
	accusative	tekna
	dative	teknum
	genitive	tekinna
weak declension (definite)	singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	tekni	tekna	tekna
	acc/dat/gen	tekna	teknu
	plural (all-case)	teknu

Further reading

• “tekinn” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)

Old Norse

Participle

tekinn

1. past participle of taka

Declension

    Strong declension of tekinn

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	tekinn	tekin	tekit
accusative	tekinn	tekna	tekit
dative	teknum	tekinni	teknu
genitive	tekins	tekinnar	tekins
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	teknir	teknar	tekin
accusative	tekna	teknar	tekin
dative	teknum	teknum	teknum
genitive	tekinna	tekinna	tekinna

    Weak declension of tekinn

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	tekni	tekna	tekna
accusative	tekna	teknu	tekna
dative	tekna	teknu	tekna
genitive	tekna	teknu	tekna
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	teknu	teknu	teknu
accusative	teknu	teknu	teknu
dative	teknum	teknum	teknum
genitive	teknu	teknu	teknu

Descendants

• Icelandic: tekinn
• Faroese: tikin
• Norwegian Nynorsk: teken
• Norwegian Bokmål: tagen, taken
• Swedish: tagen
• Danish: tagen
• → Old English: tacen
  • Middle English: taken
    • English: taken