logn

Faroese edit

Etymology edit

From Old Norse logn, lygn, from Proto-Germanic *lugnijaz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (“bright”), referring to shining water. Germanic cognates include English lown, Danish lyn (“lightning”), Swedish lugn (“calm water”).

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): [lɔkn]

Noun edit

logn f (genitive singular lognar, uncountable)

(nautical, meteorology) calm

Declension edit

Declension of logn (singular only)
f2s	singular
f2s	indefinite	definite
nominative	logn	lognin
accusative	logn	lognina
dative	logn	lognini
genitive	lognar	lognarinnar

Note the alternative genitive form logns

Icelandic edit

Etymology edit

From Old Norse logn lygn, from Proto-Germanic *lugnijaz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (“bright”), referring to shining water. Germanic cognates include English lown, Danish lyn (“lightning”), Swedish lugn (“calm water”).

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /lɔkn/ (
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)
Rhymes: -ɔkn

Noun edit

logn n (genitive singular logns, nominative plural logn)

(nautical, meteorology) calm

Declension edit

declension of logn

	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
n-s	singular		plural
nominative	logn	lognið	logn	lognin
accusative	logn	lognið	logn	lognin
dative	logni	logninu	lognum	lognunum
genitive	logns	lognsins	logna	lognanna

Norwegian Bokmål edit

Etymology edit

From Old Norse logn, lygn. Doublet of lun. Cognate with Icelandic logn, Faroese logn, and English logn.

Noun edit

logn f or m (definite singular logna or lognen, indefinite plural logner, definite plural lognene)

(nautical, meteorology) calm

Adjective edit

logn (masculine and feminine logn, neuter lognt, definite singular and plural logne)

(nautical, meteorology) calm

References edit

“logn” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk edit

Etymology edit

From Old Norse logn, lygn. Doublet of lun. Cognate with Icelandic logn, Faroese logn, and English logn.

Noun edit

logn f (definite singular logna, indefinite plural logner, definite plural lognene)

(nautical, meteorology) calm

Adjective edit

logn (neuter lognt, definite singular and plural logne, comparative lognare, indefinite superlative lognast, definite superlative lognaste)

(nautical, meteorology) calm

Derived terms edit

logna, logne

Verb edit

logn

imperative of logna

References edit

“logn” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Norse edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Germanic *lugnijaz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (“bright”), referring to shining water. Germanic cognates include English lown, Danish lyn (“lightning”), Swedish lugn (“calm water”).

Noun edit

logn n (genitive logns)

calm

Declension edit

Declension of logn (strong a-stem)

neuter	singular		plural
neuter	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	logn	lognit	logn	lognin
accusative	logn	lognit	logn	lognin
dative	logni	logninu	lognum	lognunum
genitive	logns	lognsins	logna	lognanna

Related terms edit

lygn

Descendants edit

Icelandic: logn n
Faroese: logn f
Norwegian Nynorsk: logn f
Norwegian Bokmål: logn m or f

References edit

“logn”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Pokorny, Julius (1959) chapter 1923, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1923