fagna

See also: fägna

Faroese

Verb

fagna (third person singular past indicative fagnaði, third person plural past indicative fagnað, supine fagnað)

  1. to welcome

Conjugation
Conjugation of fagna (group v-30)
infinitive fagna
supine fagnað
participle (a6)1 fagnandi fagnaður
present past
first singular fagni fagnaði
second singular fagnar fagnaði
third singular fagnar fagnaði
plural fagna fagnaðu
imperative
singular fagna!
plural fagnið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

Old Norse

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Germanic *faginōną.

Verb

fagna

  1. (transitive, with dative) to rejoice (over, in something)
  2. (transitive, with dative) to welcome

Conjugation
Conjugation of fagna — active (weak class 2)
infinitive fagna
present participle fagnandi
past participle fagnaðr
indicative present past
1st-person singular fagna fagnaða
2nd-person singular fagnar fagnaðir
3rd-person singular fagnar fagnaði
1st-person plural fǫgnum fǫgnuðum
2nd-person plural fagnið fǫgnuðuð
3rd-person plural fagna fǫgnuðu
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular fagna fagnaða
2nd-person singular fagnir fagnaðir
3rd-person singular fagni fagnaði
1st-person plural fagnim fagnaðim
2nd-person plural fagnið fagnaðið
3rd-person plural fagni fagnaði
imperative present
2nd-person singular fagna
1st-person plural fǫgnum
2nd-person plural fagnið
Conjugation of fagna — mediopassive (weak class 2)
infinitive fagnask
present participle fagnandisk
past participle fagnazk
indicative present past
1st-person singular fǫgnumk fǫgnuðumk
2nd-person singular fagnask fagnaðisk
3rd-person singular fagnask fagnaðisk
1st-person plural fǫgnumsk fǫgnuðumsk
2nd-person plural fagnizk fǫgnuðuzk
3rd-person plural fagnask fǫgnuðusk
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular fǫgnumk fǫgnuðumk
2nd-person singular fagnisk fagnaðisk
3rd-person singular fagnisk fagnaðisk
1st-person plural fagnimsk fagnaðimsk
2nd-person plural fagnizk fagnaðizk
3rd-person plural fagnisk fagnaðisk
imperative present
2nd-person singular fagnask
1st-person plural fǫgnumsk
2nd-person plural fagnizk

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Icelandic: fagna
  • Faroese: fagna
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: fagna
  • Elfdalian: faingen
  • Swedish: fägna
  • Old Danish: fagne

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