See also: AGN

Danish

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Etymology

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From Old Norse agn, from Proto-Germanic *agana- (bait), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱH-ono-, same source as Sanskrit अश्नाति (aśnāti, to eat), Sanskrit अशन (aśana, eating), Ancient Greek ἄκολος (ákolos, morsel).

Noun

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agn c (singular definite agnen, plural indefinite agne)

  1. bait

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Faroese

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Etymology

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From Old Norse agn, from Proto-Germanic *agana- (bait), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱH-ono-, same source as Sanskrit अश्नाति (aśnāti, to eat), Sanskrit अशन (aśana, eating), Ancient Greek ἄκολος (ákolos, morsel).

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Noun

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agn n (genitive singular agns, plural øgn)

  1. bait

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Declension of agn
n5 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative ​agn ​agnið ​øgn ​øgnini
accusative ​agn ​agnið ​øgn ​øgnini
dative ​agni ​agninum ​øgnum ​øgnunum
genitive ​agns ​agnsins ​agna ​agnanna

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Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse agn, from Proto-Germanic *agana- (bait), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱH-ono-, same source as Sanskrit अश्नाति (aśnāti, to eat), Sanskrit अशन (aśana, eating), Ancient Greek ἄκολος (ákolos, morsel).

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Noun

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agn n (genitive singular agns, nominative plural ögn)

  1. bait

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Synonyms

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Further reading

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  • Kroonen, Guus (2013) “agana-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 3

Ladin

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Noun

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agn

  1. plural of ann

Lombard

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Noun

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agn

  1. plural of ann

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From Old Norse agn, from Proto-Germanic *agana- (bait), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱH-ono-, same source as Sanskrit अश्नाति (aśnāti, to eat), Sanskrit अशन (aśana, eating), Ancient Greek ἄκολος (ákolos, morsel).

Noun

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agn n (definite singular agnet, indefinite plural agn, definite plural agna or agnene)

  1. bait

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Old Norse agn. Attested in neutrum gender for Spydeberg dialect by Jacob Nicolai Wilse, in difference to Danish agn c.

Noun

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agn n (definite singular agnet, indefinite plural agn, definite plural agna)

  1. (countable and uncountable) bait

Etymology 2

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From earlier ogn and Old Norse ǫgn (plural agnir), from Proto-Germanic *aganō, *ahanō.

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Noun

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agn f (definite singular agna, indefinite plural agner, definite plural agnene)

  1. husk
  2. (plural only) chaff

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Anagrams

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Old Norse

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *aganą (bait), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱH-ono-, same source as Sanskrit अश्नाति (aśnāti, to eat), Sanskrit अशन (aśana, eating), Ancient Greek ἄκολος (ákolos, morsel).

Noun

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agn n (genitive agns, plural ǫgn)

  1. (fishing) bait
    Synonym: beita

Declension

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Derived terms

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  • agnsax (bait-knife, knife used for cutting the bait when fishing)
  • egna (to bait, fasten bait (on a hook))

Descendants

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  • Icelandic: agn
  • Faroese: agn
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: agn
  • Norwegian Bokmål: agn
  • Swedish: agn
  • Danish: agn

References

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

Swedish

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Etymology 1

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From Old Norse agn, from Proto-Germanic *agana- (bait), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱH-ono-, same source as Sanskrit अश्नाति (aśnāti, to eat), Sanskrit अशन (aśana, eating), Ancient Greek ἄκολος (ákolos, morsel).

Noun

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agn n

  1. bait for fishing
Declension
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Declension of agn 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative agn agnet agn agnen
Genitive agns agnets agns agnens
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  • agna (to bait)
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Etymology 2

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From Old Norse ǫgn, from Proto-Germanic *ahanō.

Noun

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agn c

  1. husk
  2. (plural only) chaff
Declension
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Declension of agn 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative agn agnen agnar agnarna
Genitive agns agnens agnars agnarnas
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