See also: ogn, ögn, and agn

Old Norse

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Germanic *ahanō.

Noun

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ǫgn f (genitive agnar, plural agnar or agnir)

  1. chaff, husks
Declension
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Descendants
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References

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  • ögn in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.
  • Norbruis, Stefan (2015) “tsjêf”, in Etymological Dictionary of West Frisian Farming Vocabulary[1], Leiden: Leiden University, page 43.

Etymology 2

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Form of agn n (bait).

Noun

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ǫgn n

  1. nominative/accusative plural indefinite of agn