eiginn

See also: èiginn

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse eiginn, from Proto-Germanic *aiganaz.

Adjective

eiginn m

one's own
Ég sá þetta með mínum eigin augum!
I saw it with my own eyes!

Derived terms

skara eld að eigin köku
trúa ekki eigin augum

Anagrams

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *aiganaz, past participle of *aiganą, whence also eiga.

Adjective

eiginn

own, proper

Declension

Strong declension of eiginn

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	eiginn	eigin	eigit
accusative	eignan	eigna	eigit
dative	eignum	eiginni	eignu
genitive	eigins	eiginnar	eigins
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	eignir	eignar	eigin
accusative	eigna	eignar	eigin
dative	eignum	eignum	eignum
genitive	eiginna	eiginna	eiginna

Weak declension of eiginn

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	eigni	eigna	eigna
accusative	eigna	eignu	eigna
dative	eigna	eignu	eigna
genitive	eigna	eignu	eigna
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	eignu	eignu	eignu
accusative	eignu	eignu	eignu
dative	eignum	eignum	eignum
genitive	eignu	eignu	eignu

Descendants

Icelandic: eiginn
Faroese: egin
Norwegian Nynorsk: eigen
- → Norwegian Bokmål: eigen
Elfdalian: iegen
Old Swedish: ēghin
- Swedish: egen
Danish: egen
- Norwegian Bokmål: egen

References

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

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