fagna

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See also: fägna

Faroese[edit]

Verb[edit]

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

  1. to welcome

Conjugation[edit]

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.

Icelandic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse fagna, from Proto-Germanic *faginōną.

Verb[edit]

fagna (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative fagnaði, supine fagnað)

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

Conjugation[edit]

Further reading[edit]

Old Norse[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Proto-Germanic *faginōną.

Verb[edit]

fagna

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

Conjugation[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

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

References[edit]

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