eigin

See also: éigin and -eigin

Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

eigin (masculine eigin, feminine eigi, neuter eigi)

1. (pre-1917) alternative form of eigen

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *aigin.

Noun

eigin n

1. one's own, one's property
2. new sprout of corn

Declension

  Declension of eigin (strong a-stem)

neuter	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	eigin	eiginit	eigin	eiginin
accusative	eigin	eiginit	eigin	eiginin
dative	eigni	eigninu	eignum	eignunum
genitive	eigins	eiginsins	eigna	eignanna

References

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