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eggjan

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Old Norse

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Etymology

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From eggja (to incite) +‎ -an.

Noun

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eggjan f (genitive -ar, plural -ir)

  1. egging on, goading

Declension

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Declension of eggjan (strong i-stem)
feminine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative eggjan eggjanin eggjanir eggjanirnar
accusative eggjan eggjanina eggjanir eggjanirnar
dative eggjan eggjaninni eggjunum eggjununum
genitive eggjanar eggjanarinnar eggjana eggjananna

Further reading

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