Icelandic edit

Etymology edit

From tign (majesty, grandeur) +‎ -a.

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

tigna (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative tignaði, supine tignað)

  1. (transitive, with accusative) to honour
  2. (transitive, with accusative) to worship

Conjugation edit

Synonyms edit

Related terms edit

Italian edit

Etymology edit

From Latin tinea.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

tigna f (plural tigne)

  1. ringworm

Anagrams edit

Latin edit

Noun edit

tigna n

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of tignum (building stuff, lumber, tree trunk, beam)

Old Norse edit

Adjective edit

tigna

  1. inflection of tiginn:
    1. positive degree strong feminine accusative singular
    2. positive degree strong masculine accusative plural
    3. positive degree weak masculine oblique singular
    4. positive degree weak feminine nominative singular
    5. positive degree weak neuter singular

Noun edit

tigna

  1. indefinite genitive plural of tign

Verb edit

tigna

  1. to honour, worship
  2. (reflexive) be exalted, glorified

Conjugation edit

Descendants edit

  • Icelandic: tigna

References edit

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