What does einn in Icelandic mean?

What is the meaning of the word einn in Icelandic? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use einn in Icelandic.

The word einn in Icelandic means one, alone, only. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word einn

one

Cardinal numberdeterminernumeral (cardinal number 1)

Dag einn lagði hann af stað í langa göngu um bæinn.

One day he set off on a long walk around the town.

alone

adjective

Hún ráðlagði honum að fara þangað einn en hann taldi það ekki góð ráð.

She advised him to go there alone, but he didn't think that was good advice.

only

adjective

Viđ verđum ūar í einn mánuđ enn og förum svo kannski til Parísar.

We'll only be there another month and then we might move to Paris.

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En við verðum að horfast í augu við það að þrátt fyrir alla sina viðleitni getur skólinn ekki menntað og alið upp börn einn síns liðs.

But we have to recognize that, despite all effort, school cannot educate and bring up children on its own.

14 Að læra að vinna: Vinna er einn af meginþáttum lífsins.

14 Learning how to work: Work is a fundamental aspect of life.

Af hverju er einn betri en margir?

Why is one better than a bunch?

Þann 2. desember 1942 var fyrsta stýrða kjarnahvarfið framkvæmt í háskólanum í Chicago, sem var einn af upphafspunktum Manhattan verkefnisins.

On December 2, 1942, the world's first controlled nuclear reaction was conducted at the University of Chicago as part of the top secret Manhattan Project.

Hann réđst einn gegn Loka.

For taking on Loki alone.

Eins og ég segi nemendum minum, einn drykkur er einum of mikiđ.

Like I tell my students, even one drink is one drink too many.

Hvers vegna hætti einn þekktasti hjólreiðamaður Japans að keppa í hjólreiðum til að geta þjónað Guði?

Why did one of Japan’s leading bicycle racers leave racing behind in an effort to serve God?

Mundu að gleði kemur frá Guði og er einn af eiginleikunum sem mynda ávöxt andans.

Remember, joy is a godly quality, part of the fruitage of God’s spirit.

Veraldarsagan staðfestir þann sannleika Biblíunnar að menn geti ekki stjórnað sjálfum sér svo vel sé, því að um þúsundir ára hefur ‚einn maðurinn drottnað yfir öðrum honum til ógæfu.‘

Secular history confirms the Bible truth that humans cannot successfully rule themselves; for thousands of years “man has dominated man to his injury.”

19 Í fjórða lagi getum við leitað hjálpar heilags anda af því að kærleikurinn er einn af ávöxtum hans.

19 Fourth, we can seek the help of holy spirit because love is part of the fruitage of the spirit.

Einn sunnudaginn heyrði ég hins vegar nokkuð sem breytti viðhorfi mínu.

“However, one Sunday I heard something that changed my attitude.

Þannig hefur ‚einn maður drottnað yfir öðrum honum til ógæfu.‘

Thus, “man has dominated man to his injury.”

Einn vottur að þessum viðskiptum er sagður vera þjónn „Tattannú landstjóra handan fljóts“ – sá sami og Tatnaí sem nefndur er í Esrabók í Biblíunni.

It identifies a witness to the transaction as a servant of “Tattannu, governor of Across-the-River” —the same Tattenai who appears in the Bible book of Ezra.

Það var bara pláss fyrir einn nemanda á þeim tíma.

There was only one opening at that time.

Jesús sagði: „Ekki mun hver sá, sem við mig segir: ‚Herra, herra,‘ ganga inn í himnaríki, heldur sá einn, er gjörir vilja föður míns, sem er á himnum.

Jesus said: “Not everyone saying to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter into the kingdom of the heavens, but the one doing the will of my Father who is in the heavens will.

„Maðurinn veit loksins að hann er einn í tilfinningalausri óravíðáttu alheimsins og er þar orðinn til einungis af tilviljun.“

“Man knows at last that he is alone in the universe’s unfeeling immensity, out of which he emerged only by chance.”

Við ættum að senda einn af okkar mönnum til að fylgjast með líka

We better have one of our guys keep an eye on it too

HJÚKRUNARFRÆÐINGURINN Jæja, herra, húsmóður minni er sætasta konan. -- Herra, herra! þegar ́twas smá prating hlutur, - O, there'sa nobleman í bænum, einn París, sem vill leggja hníf um borð, en hún, gott sál, hafði sem sannfæringarstig sjá Karta, mjög Karta, eins og sjá hann.

NURSE Well, sir; my mistress is the sweetest lady. -- Lord, Lord! when'twas a little prating thing, -- O, there's a nobleman in town, one Paris, that would fain lay knife aboard; but she, good soul, had as lief see a toad, a very toad, as see him.

Einn andar ekki!

We have an unresponsive person!

Í könnun í Lundúnablaðinu Independent kom fram að fólk noti stundum bílinn jafnvel þótt það sé að fara styttri vegalengdir en einn kílómetra.

Indeed, one study published in the Independent daily newspaper of London indicates that people sometimes even use them for trips of less than half a mile [1 km].

Dag einn er ég viss um ađ ég sé hana aftur.

One day, I'm sure I'll see her again.

3 Páll vissi að kristnir menn yrðu hver og einn að leggja sig fram um að stuðla að einingu til að geta haldið áfram að vinna vel saman.

3 Paul realized that if Christians are to continue cooperating in harmony, each of them must make an earnest effort to promote unity.

Clayton Woodworth, Jr., rifjar upp hvernig honum leið þegar hann gekk í skólann árið 1943, en faðir hans var einn þeirra sem voru fangelsaðir á röngum forsendum með bróður Rutherford árið 1918.

Clayton Woodworth, Jr., whose father had been unjustly imprisoned with Brother Rutherford and others in 1918, recalled how he felt when he first joined the school in 1943.

Opinberunarbókin 18: 21, 24 segir okkur um Babýlon hina miklu, heimsveldi falskra trúarbragða: „Einn sterkur engill tók upp stein, eins og mikinn kvarnarstein, og kastaði í hafið og sagði: ‚Svo voveiflega mun Babýlon kollvarpast, borgin mikla, svo að engar menjar skulu eftir verða.

Regarding Babylon the Great, the worldwide system of false religion, Revelation 18:21, 24 tells us: “A strong angel lifted up a stone like a great millstone and hurled it into the sea, saying: ‘Thus with a swift pitch will Babylon the great city be hurled down, and she will never be found again.

Einn verđur ađ fá ađ losna.

Look, you've gotta let me have one.

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