eiginn
See also: èiginn
Icelandic edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse eiginn, from Proto-Germanic *aiganaz.
Adjective edit
eiginn m
- one's own
- Ég sá þetta með mínum eigin augum!
- I saw it with my own eyes!
Derived terms edit
Anagrams edit
Old Norse edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Germanic *aiganaz, past participle of *aiganą, whence also eiga.
Adjective edit
eiginn
Declension edit
Strong declension of eiginn
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | eiginn | eigin | eigit |
accusative | eignan | eigna | eigit |
dative | eignum | eiginni | eignu |
genitive | eigins | eiginnar | eigins |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | eignir | eignar | eigin |
accusative | eigna | eignar | eigin |
dative | eignum | eignum | eignum |
genitive | eiginna | eiginna | eiginna |
Weak declension of eiginn
Descendants edit
- Icelandic: eiginn
- Faroese: egin
- Norwegian Nynorsk: eigen
- → Norwegian Bokmål: eigen
- Elfdalian: iegen
- Old Swedish: ēghin
- Swedish: egen
- Danish: egen
- Norwegian Bokmål: egen
References edit
- “eiginn”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press