eign

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse eign. Cognate with Faroese ogn, Danish egn.

Pronunciation

Noun

eign f (genitive singular eignar, nominative plural eignir)

  1. property
  2. possession
  3. ownership, possession

Declension

Derived terms

Anagrams

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse eign.

Noun

eign f (definite singular eigna, indefinite plural eigner, definite plural eignene)

  1. possession, property
  2. estate, fortune

References

Old Norse

Etymology

Related to eiga and eiginn.

Noun

eign f

  1. property
  2. possession
  3. estate, landed property (especially in the plural)

Declension

Descendants

  • Icelandic: eign
  • Faroese: ogn
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: eign
  • Danish: egn c

References

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