bákn

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Icelandic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse bákn, a borrowing from Old Frisian bāken, from Proto-Germanic *baukną. Cognate with English beacon, Dutch baken.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

bákn n (genitive singular bákns, nominative plural bákn)

  1. (archaic) beacon, signal
  2. huge thing, colossus
  3. cumbersome system, red tape, bureaucracy

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