eggjan

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Old Norse

Etymology

From eggja (“to incite”) +‎ -an.

Noun

eggjan f (genitive -ar, plural -ir)

  1. egging on, goading

Declension

  Declension of eggjan (strong i-stem)
feminine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative eggjan eggjanin eggjanir eggjanirnar
accusative eggjan eggjanina eggjanir eggjanirnar
dative eggjan eggjaninni eggjunum eggjununum
genitive eggjanar eggjanarinnar eggjana eggjananna

References

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