gegnum

Icelandic

Adverb

gegnum

1. through

Derived terms

• gegnum súrt og sætt
• sjá í gegnum fingur við
• í gegnum

Verb

1. first-person plural active present indicative of gegna
2. first-person plural active present subjunctive of gegna

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Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjej.num/

Adverb

ġeġnum

1. (poetic) straight, directly

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Old Norse

Alternative forms

• í gegnum

Preposition

gegnum

1. (with accusative) through

Descendants

• Icelandic: gegnum
• Faroese: gjøgnum
• Norwegian Nynorsk: gjennom
• Norwegian Bokmål: gjennom
• Swedish: genom
• Danish: gennem

References

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