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Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse eiginn.
Pronunciation
Adjective
eigin
- one's own
Ég sá þetta með mínum eigin augum!- I saw it with my own eyes!
Declension
Indeclinable apart from special nominative/accusative singular neuter eigið.
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Derived terms
Norwegian Nynorsk
Adjective
eigin (masculine eigin, feminine eigi, neuter eigi)
- (pre-1917) alternative form of eigen
Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *aigin.
Noun
eigin n
- one's own, one's property
- new sprout of corn
Declension
Further reading
- Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “eigin”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive