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Danish

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Etymology

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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

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agn c (singular definite agnen, plural indefinite agne)

  1. bait

Declension

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Declension of agn
common
gender
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative agn agnen agne agnene
genitive agns agnens agnes agnenes

Faroese

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Etymology

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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

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Noun

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agn n (genitive singular agns, plural øgn)

  1. bait

Declension

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Synonyms

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Icelandic

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Etymology

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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

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Noun

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agn n (genitive singular agns, nominative plural ögn)

  1. bait
    Synonym: beita

Declension

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Declension of agn (neuter)
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

Further reading

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  • Kroonen, Guus (2013) “agana-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 3

Ladin

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Noun

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agn

  1. plural of ann

Lombard

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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agn

  1. plural of ann

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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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

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

  1. bait

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Old Norse agn. Attested in neutrum gender for Spydeberg dialect by Jacob Nicolai Wilse, in difference to Danish agn c.

Noun

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

  1. (countable and uncountable) bait

Etymology 2

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

Alternative forms

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Noun

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

  1. husk
  2. (plural only) chaff

References

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Anagrams

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Old Norse

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *aganą (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

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agn n (genitive agns, plural ǫgn)

  1. (fishing) bait
    Synonym: beita

Declension

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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

Derived terms

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  • agnsax (bait-knife, knife used for cutting the bait when fishing)
  • egna (to bait, fasten bait (on a hook))

Descendants

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

Further reading

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  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “agn”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

Swedish

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Etymology 1

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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

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agn n

  1. bait for fishing
Declension
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  • agna (to bait)
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Etymology 2

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

Noun

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agn c

  1. husk
  2. (plural only) chaff
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References

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