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From Old Norse hegna, from Proto-Germanic *haginjaną. Cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk hegna, Swedish hägna, Danish hegne, English hain.

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hegna (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative hegndi, supine hegnt)

  1. (transitive, with dative) to punish
    Synonym: refsa

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