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Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse agn, from Proto-Germanic *agana- (bait), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱH-ono-, same source as Sanskrit अश्नाति (aśnāti, to eat), Sanskrit अशन (aśana, eating), Ancient Greek ἄκολος (ákolos, morsel).

Noun

agn c (singular definite agnen, plural indefinite agne)

  1. bait

Declension

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse agn, from Proto-Germanic *agana- (bait), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱH-ono-, same source as Sanskrit अश्नाति (aśnāti, to eat), Sanskrit अशन (aśana, eating), Ancient Greek ἄκολος (ákolos, morsel).

Pronunciation

Noun

agn n (genitive singular agns, plural øgn)

  1. bait

Declension

Declension of agn
n5 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative ​agn ​agnið ​øgn ​øgnini
accusative ​agn ​agnið ​øgn ​øgnini
dative ​agni ​agninum ​øgnum ​øgnunum
genitive ​agns ​agnsins ​agna ​agnanna

Synonyms

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse agn, from Proto-Germanic *agana- (bait), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱH-ono-, same source as Sanskrit अश्नाति (aśnāti, to eat), Sanskrit अशन (aśana, eating), Ancient Greek ἄκολος (ákolos, morsel).

Pronunciation

Noun

agn n (genitive singular agns, nominative plural ögn)

  1. bait

Declension

    Declension of agn
n-s singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative agn agnið ögn ögnin
accusative agn agnið ögn ögnin
dative agni agninu ögnum ögnunum
genitive agns agnsins agna agnanna

Synonyms

Further reading

  • Kroonen, Guus (2013) “agana-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 3

Ladin

Noun

agn

  1. plural of ann

Lombard

Pronunciation

Noun

agn

  1. plural of ann

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse agn, from Proto-Germanic *agana- (bait), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱH-ono-, same source as Sanskrit अश्नाति (aśnāti, to eat), Sanskrit अशन (aśana, eating), Ancient Greek ἄκολος (ákolos, morsel).

Noun

agn n (definite singular agnet, indefinite plural agn, definite plural agna or agnene)

  1. bait

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Norse agn. Attested in neutrum gender for Spydeberg dialect by Jacob Nicolai Wilse, in difference to Danish agn c.

Noun

agn n (definite singular agnet, indefinite plural agn, definite plural agna)

  1. (countable and uncountable) bait

Etymology 2

From earlier ogn and Old Norse ǫgn (plural agnir), from Proto-Germanic *aganō, *ahanō.

Alternative forms

Noun

agn f (definite singular agna, indefinite plural agner, definite plural agnene)

  1. husk
  2. (plural only) chaff

References

Anagrams

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *aganą (bait), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱH-ono-, same source as Sanskrit अश्नाति (aśnāti, to eat), Sanskrit अशन (aśana, eating), Ancient Greek ἄκολος (ákolos, morsel).

Noun

agn n (genitive agns, plural ǫgn)

  1. (fishing) bait
    Synonym: beita

Declension

Derived terms

  • agnsax (bait-knife, knife used for cutting the bait when fishing)
  • egna (to bait, fasten bait (on a hook))

Descendants

  • Icelandic: agn
  • Faroese: agn
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: agn
  • Norwegian Bokmål: agn
  • Swedish: agn
  • Danish: agn

References

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

Swedish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse agn, from Proto-Germanic *agana- (bait), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱH-ono-, same source as Sanskrit अश्नाति (aśnāti, to eat), Sanskrit अशन (aśana, eating), Ancient Greek ἄκολος (ákolos, morsel).

Noun

agn n

  1. bait for fishing
Declension
Declension of agn 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative agn agnet agn agnen
Genitive agns agnets agns agnens
  • agna (to bait)
See also

Etymology 2

From Old Norse ǫgn, from Proto-Germanic *ahanō.

Noun

agn c

  1. husk
  2. (plural only) chaff
Declension
Declension of agn 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative agn agnen agnar agnarna
Genitive agns agnens agnars agnarnas
Derived terms

References