Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse feginn (glad). Cognate with English fain.

Adjective

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feginn (comparative fegnari, superlative fegnastur)

  1. happy, pleased, relieved

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Derived terms

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Old Norse

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *faganaz.

Adjective

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feginn

  1. glad, joyful

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Faroese: fegin
  • Icelandic: feginn
  • Norwegian: fegen
  • Old Swedish: fæghin

References

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