meina

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

meina

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

     ah well

meina

1. Romanization of 𐌼𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌰

• 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)

• meine

From Old Norse meina, from Middle Low German menen, meinen.

• IPA^(key): /²mæɪnɑ/ (example of pronunciation)

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)

   Eg veit ikkje kva eg skal meina om dette.

   I don't know what to think about this.

• (to be of the opinion): tru, tenkja

• meining

• “meina” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.