gegnum

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Icelandic

Etymology 1

Adverb

gegnum

  1. through
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

gegnum

  1. first-person plural active present indicative of gegna
  2. first-person plural active present subjunctive of gegna

Old English

Pronunciation

Adverb

ġeġnum

  1. (poetic) straight, directly

Old Norse

Alternative forms

Etymology

Dative of the adjective gegn (“right, fitting”), derived from the preposition gegn (“against”), from Proto-Germanic *gagin (“towards”).

Preposition

gegnum

  1. (with accusative) through

Descendants

  • Icelandic: gegnum
  • Faroese: gjøgnum
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: gjennom
  • Norwegian Bokmål: gjennom
  • Old Swedish: gēnom
  • Danish: gennem

References

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