fagna

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See also: fägna

Faroese

Verb

fagna (third person singular past indicative fagnaði, third person plural past indicative fagnað, supine fagnað)

  1. to welcome

Conjugation

Conjugation of fagna (group v-30)
infinitive fagna
supine fagnað
participle (a6)1 fagnandi fagnaður
present past
first singular fagni fagnaði
second singular fagnar fagnaði
third singular fagnar fagnaði
plural fagna fagnaðu
imperative
singular fagna!
plural fagnið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse fagna, from Proto-Germanic *faginōną.

Verb

fagna (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative fagnaði, supine fagnað)

  1. (transitive, with dative) to rejoice (over, in something)
  2. (transitive, with dative) to welcome

Conjugation

Further reading

Old Norse

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Germanic *faginōną.

Verb

fagna

  1. (transitive, with dative) to rejoice (over, in something)
  2. (transitive, with dative) to welcome

Conjugation

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Icelandic: fagna
  • Faroese: fagna
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: fagna
  • Elfdalian: faingen
  • Swedish: fägna
  • Old Danish: fagne

References

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