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From Old Norse hreinsa, from Proto-Germanic *hrainisōną.

hreinsa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative hreinsaði, supine hreinsað)

  1. to clean, to cleanse [with accusative]
    Synonym: þrífa
  2. (e.g. of oil or air) to refine, to purify [with accusative]
    hreinsa olíu.To refine oil.
    Hreinsað loft.Purified air.
    Hreinsaðar olíuvörur.Refined petroleum products.

From Proto-Germanic *hrainisōną (clean, cleanse, purify).

hreinsa

  1. to make clean, cleanse
  2. to purge, clear
  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “hreinsa”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive