hegna

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse hegna, from Proto-Germanic *haginjaną. Cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk hegna, Swedish hägna, Danish hegne, English hain.

Pronunciation

Verb

hegna (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative hegndi, supine hegnt)

  1. (transitive, with dative) to punish
    Synonym: refsa

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