ǫgn

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See also: ogn, ögn, and agn

Old Norse

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *ahanō.

Noun

ǫgn f (genitive agnar, plural agnar or agnir)

  1. chaff, husks
Declension
  Declension of ǫgn (strong ō-stem, ar and ir-plurals)
feminine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative ǫgn ǫgnin agnar, agnir agnarnar, agnirnar
accusative ǫgn ǫgnina agnar, agnir agnarnar, agnirnar
dative ǫgn ǫgninni ǫgnum ǫgnunum
genitive agnar agnarinnar agna agnanna
Descendants

References

  • ögn in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.
  • Norbruis, Stefan (2015) “tsjêf”, in Etymological Dictionary of West Frisian Farming Vocabulary‎, Leiden: Leiden University, page 43.

Etymology 2

Form of agn n (“bait”).

Noun

ǫgn n

  1. nominative/accusative plural indefinite of agn
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