lögn

See also: løgn and logn

Icelandic edit

lögn f (genitive singular lagnar, nominative plural lagnir)

declension of lögn

	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
f-s2	singular		plural
nominative	lögn	lögnin	lagnir	lagnirnar
accusative	lögn	lögnina	lagnir	lagnirnar
dative	lögn	lögninni	lögnum	lögnunum
genitive	lagnar	lagnarinnar	lagna	lagnanna

From Old Swedish lyghn, possibly from Old Norse ljúga (“to lie”), but probably instead a loanword from Old Saxon lugina; both are ultimately from Proto-Germanic *lugīnō, itself from *leuganą (“to lie”).

lögn c

Occasionally treated as a mass noun.