sleginn

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Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Norse ᛊᛚᚨᚷᛁᚾᚨᛉ (slaginaʀ), from Proto-Germanic *slaganaz, past participle of *slahaną (to strike, to kill). The vowel e does not come from i-umlaut, which never affects past participles ending with -inn, but rather from palatalized gi; cf. degi, dative singular of dagr (day).

Participle

sleginn

  1. past participle of slá

Declension

Descendants

  • Icelandic: sleginn
  • Faroese: sligin
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: slegen
  • Old Swedish: slæghin
  • Danish: slagen