angist

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *angustiz.

Noun

angist f (genitive angistar, plural angistir)

1. anguish

Declension

  Declension of angist (strong i-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	angist	angistin	angistir	angistirnar
accusative	angist	angistina	angistir	angistirnar
dative	angist	angistinni	angistum	angistunum
genitive	angistar	angistarinnar	angista	angistanna

Derived terms

• angistarár n (“year of misery”)
• angistarneyð f (“great distress”)
• angistartími m (“hour of distress”)

References

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