agn
Danish
editEtymology
editFrom 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
editagn c (singular definite agnen, plural indefinite agne)
Declension
editFaroese
editEtymology
editFrom 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”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editagn n (genitive singular agns, plural øgn)
Declension
editDeclension of agn | ||||
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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 |
Synonyms
edit- (bait): beita f
Icelandic
editEtymology
editFrom 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”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editagn n (genitive singular agns, nominative plural ögn)
Declension
editSynonyms
edit- (bait): beita
Further reading
editLadin
editNoun
editagn
Lombard
editPronunciation
editNoun
editagn
Norwegian Bokmål
editEtymology
editFrom 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
editagn n (definite singular agnet, indefinite plural agn, definite plural agna or agnene)
Norwegian Nynorsk
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFrom Old Norse agn. Attested in neutrum gender for Spydeberg dialect by Jacob Nicolai Wilse, in difference to Danish agn c.
Noun
editagn n (definite singular agnet, indefinite plural agn, definite plural agna)
- (countable and uncountable) bait
Etymology 2
editFrom earlier ogn and Old Norse ǫgn (plural agnir), from Proto-Germanic *aganō, *ahanō.
Alternative forms
editNoun
editagn f (definite singular agna, indefinite plural agner, definite plural agnene)
References
edit- “agn” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Anagrams
editOld Norse
editEtymology
editFrom 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
editagn n (genitive agns, plural ǫgn)
Declension
editDerived terms
edit- agnsax (“bait-knife, knife used for cutting the bait when fishing”)
- egna (“to bait, fasten bait (on a hook)”)
Descendants
editReferences
edit- “agn”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Swedish
editEtymology 1
editFrom 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
editagn n
Declension
editDeclension of agn | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | agn | agnet | agn | agnen |
Genitive | agns | agnets | agns | agnens |
Related terms
edit- agna (“to bait”)
See also
editEtymology 2
editFrom Old Norse ǫgn, from Proto-Germanic *ahanō.
Noun
editagn c
Declension
editDeclension of agn | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | agn | agnen | agnar | agnarna |
Genitive | agns | agnens | agnars | agnarnas |
Derived terms
edit- skilja agnarna från vetet (“separate the wheat from the chaff”)
- skingras som agnar för vinden
References
edit- agn in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- agn in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- agn in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- agn in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
- Danish terms inherited from Old Norse
- Danish terms derived from Old Norse
- Danish terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Danish terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Danish terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
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- Danish nouns
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- Faroese terms inherited from Old Norse
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- Rhymes:Faroese/akn
- Rhymes:Faroese/akn/1 syllable
- Faroese lemmas
- Faroese nouns
- Faroese neuter nouns
- Icelandic terms derived from Old Norse
- Icelandic terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
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- Rhymes:Icelandic/akn
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- Norwegian Bokmål terms inherited from Old Norse
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Old Norse
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- Norwegian Nynorsk terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
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- non:Fishing
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- Swedish terms inherited from Old Norse
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