agn

agn

See also: AGN

Danish

Etymology

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

agn c (singular definite agnen, plural indefinite agne)

1. bait

Declension

Declension of agn

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	agn	agnen	agne	agnene
genitive	agns	agnens	agnes	agnenes

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Faroese

Etymology

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

agn n (genitive singular agns, plural øgn)

1. bait

Declension

Declension of agn
n5	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	[[{{{1}}}agn#Faroese|{{{1}}}agn]]	[[{{{1}}}agnið#Faroese|{{{1}}}agnið]]	[[{{{1}}}øgn#Faroese|{{{1}}}øgn]]	[[{{{1}}}øgnini#Faroese|{{{1}}}øgnini]]
accusative	[[{{{1}}}agn#Faroese|{{{1}}}agn]]	[[{{{1}}}agnið#Faroese|{{{1}}}agnið]]	[[{{{1}}}øgn#Faroese|{{{1}}}øgn]]	[[{{{1}}}øgnini#Faroese|{{{1}}}øgnini]]
dative	[[{{{1}}}agni#Faroese|{{{1}}}agni]]	[[{{{1}}}agninum#Faroese|{{{1}}}agninum]]	[[{{{1}}}øgnum#Faroese|{{{1}}}øgnum]]	[[{{{1}}}øgnunum#Faroese|{{{1}}}øgnunum]]
genitive	[[{{{1}}}agns#Faroese|{{{1}}}agns]]	[[{{{1}}}agnsins#Faroese|{{{1}}}agnsins]]	[[{{{1}}}agna#Faroese|{{{1}}}agna]]	[[{{{1}}}agnanna#Faroese|{{{1}}}agnanna]]

Synonyms

• (bait): beita f

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Icelandic

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): /akn/
• Rhymes: -akn

Noun

agn n (genitive singular agns, nominative plural ögn)

1. bait

Declension

declension of agn

n-s	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	agn	agnið	ögn	ögnin
accusative	agn	agnið	ögn	ögnin
dative	agni	agninu	ögnum	ögnunum
genitive	agns	agnsins	agna	agnanna

Synonyms

• (bait): beita

Further reading

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

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Ladin

Noun

agn

1. plural of ann

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Lombard

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aɲ/

Noun

agn

1. plural of ann

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

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

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

1. bait

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑŋn/

Etymology 1

From Old Norse agn.

Noun

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

1. (countable and uncountable) bait

Etymology 2

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

Alternative forms

• ogn (non-standard since 1938)

Noun

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

1. husk
2. (plural only) chaff

References

• “agn” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• ang, ang., gan

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Old Norse

Etymology

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

agn n (genitive agns, plural ǫgn)

1. bait

Declension

  Declension of agn (strong a-stem)

neuter	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	agn	agnit	ǫgn	ǫgnin
accusative	agn	agnit	ǫgn	ǫgnin
dative	agni	agninu	ǫgnum	ǫgnunum
genitive	agns	agnsins	agna	agnanna

Descendants

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

References

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

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Swedish

Etymology 1

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

agn n

1. (rare) lure; food set up to attract an animal

Declension

Declension of agn
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	agn	agnet	agn	agnen
Genitive	agns	agnets	agns	agnens

Etymology 2

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

Noun

agn c

1. husk
2. (plural only) chaff

Declension

Declension of agn
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	agn	agnen	agnar	agnarna
Genitive	agns	agnens	agnars	agnarnas