See also: èiginn

Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse eiginn, from Proto-Germanic *aiganaz.

Adjective

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eiginn m

  1. one's own
    Ég sá þetta með mínum eigin augum!
    I saw it with my own eyes!

Derived terms

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Anagrams

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Old Norse

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *aiganaz, past participle of *aiganą, whence also eiga.

Adjective

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eiginn

  1. own, proper

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Icelandic: eiginn
  • Faroese: egin
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: eigen
    • Norwegian Bokmål: eigen
  • Elfdalian: iegen
  • Old Swedish: ēghin
  • Danish: egen
    • Norwegian Bokmål: egen

References

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  • eiginn”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press