agn
Danish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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[edit]
agn c (singular definite agnen, plural indefinite agne)
Declension[edit]
Faroese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
agn n (genitive singular agns, plural øgn)
Declension[edit]
| 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 |
Synonyms[edit]
- (bait): beita f
Icelandic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
agn n (genitive singular agns, nominative plural ögn)
Declension[edit]
Synonyms[edit]
- (bait): beita
Further reading[edit]
- Kroonen, Guus (2013) “agana-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 3
Ladin[edit]
Noun[edit]
agn
Lombard[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
agn
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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[edit]
agn n (definite singular agnet, indefinite plural agn, definite plural agna or agnene)
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Noun[edit]
agn n (definite singular agnet, indefinite plural agn, definite plural agna)
- (countable and uncountable) bait
Etymology 2[edit]
From earlier ogn and Old Norse ǫgn (plural agnir), from Proto-Germanic *aganō, *ahanō.
Alternative forms[edit]
Noun[edit]
agn f (definite singular agna, indefinite plural agner, definite plural agnene)
References[edit]
- “agn” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Anagrams[edit]
Old Norse[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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[edit]
agn n (genitive agns, plural ǫgn)
Declension[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
- agnsax (“bait-knife, knife used for cutting the bait when fishing”)
- egna (“to bait, fasten bait (on a hook)”)
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- “agn”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Swedish[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
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[edit]
agn n
Declension[edit]
| Declension of agn | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | agn | agnet | agn | agnen |
| Genitive | agns | agnets | agns | agnens |
Related terms[edit]
- agna (“to bait”)
See also[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
From Old Norse ǫgn, from Proto-Germanic *ahanō.
Noun[edit]
agn c
Declension[edit]
| Declension of agn | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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]
- 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
- Danish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Danish lemmas
- Danish nouns
- Danish common-gender nouns
- Faroese terms inherited from Old Norse
- Faroese terms derived from Old Norse
- Faroese terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Faroese terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Faroese terms with IPA pronunciation
- 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
- Icelandic terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Icelandic terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Icelandic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Icelandic 1-syllable words
- Icelandic terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Icelandic/akn
- Rhymes:Icelandic/akn/1 syllable
- Icelandic lemmas
- Icelandic nouns
- Icelandic neuter nouns
- Icelandic countable nouns
- Ladin non-lemma forms
- Ladin noun forms
- Lombard terms with IPA pronunciation
- Lombard non-lemma forms
- Lombard noun forms
- Norwegian Bokmål terms inherited from Old Norse
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Old Norse
- Norwegian Bokmål terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Norwegian Bokmål terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
- Norwegian Bokmål nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål neuter nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms with IPA pronunciation
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms inherited from Old Norse
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Old Norse
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk neuter nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk countable nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk uncountable nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Norwegian Nynorsk feminine nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk pluralia tantum
- Old Norse terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Old Norse terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Old Norse terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Old Norse terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Old Norse lemmas
- Old Norse nouns
- Old Norse neuter nouns
- non:Fishing
- Old Norse neuter a-stem nouns
- Swedish terms inherited from Old Norse
- Swedish terms derived from Old Norse
- Swedish terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Swedish terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Swedish terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Swedish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish nouns
- Swedish neuter nouns
- Swedish common-gender nouns
- Swedish pluralia tantum