Ógn
Old Icelandic Dictionary - ógnMeaning of Old Icelandic word "ógn" in English.
As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):
ógn Old Icelandic word can mean:
- ógn
- I)
- ógn
- f.
- ógn
- 1) dread, terror; stendr ~ af e-m, one inspires terror (þótti honum lítil ~ af þeim standa);
- ógn
- 2) esp. pl. ‘ógnir’, threats, menaces (með bliðmælum ok ~um);
- ógn
- 3) gen. ógnar-, prefixed as adv. awfully (ógnar-breiðr, -digr, -mikill).
- ógn
- II)
- ógn
- f. poet. river; ógnar ljómi, gold.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᚴᚾ
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- e-m
- einhverjum.
- esp.
- especially.
- pl.
- plural.
- adv.
- adverb.
- gen.
- genitive.
- n.
- neuter.
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