eign

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Icelandic

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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eign f (genitive singular eignar, nominative plural eignir)

  1. property
  2. possession
  3. ownership, possession

Declension

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    Declension of eign
f-s2 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative eign eignin eignir eignirnar
accusative eign eignina eignir eignirnar
dative eign eigninni eignum eignunum
genitive eignar eignarinnar eigna eignanna

Derived terms

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Anagrams

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From Old Norse eign.

Noun

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

  1. possession, property
  2. estate, fortune

References

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Old Norse

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Etymology

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Related to eiga and eiginn.

Noun

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eign f

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

Declension

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Descendants

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

References

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