Old Norse

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Etymology

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From eggja (to incite) +‎ -an.

Noun

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eggjan f (genitive -ar, plural -ir)

  1. egging on, goading

Declension

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References

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