augasteinn

Icelandic

Noun

augasteinn m (genitive singular augasteins, nominative plural augasteinar)

1. pupil (of the eye)
2. lens (of the eye)

Declension

Declension of augasteinn (masculine, based on steinn)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	augasteinn	augasteinninn	augasteinar	augasteinarnir
accusative	augastein	augasteininn	augasteina	augasteinana
dative	augasteini	augasteininum	augasteinum	augasteinunum
genitive	augasteins	augasteinsins	augasteina	augasteinanna

Further reading

• “augasteinn” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)

Old Norse

Alternative forms

• augnasteinn

Etymology

auga +‎ steinn

Noun

augasteinn m (genitive augasteins, plural augasteinar)

1. pupil (of the eye)

Declension

Declension of augasteinn (strong a-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	augasteinn	augasteinninn	augasteinar	augasteinarnir
accusative	augastein	augasteininn	augasteina	augasteinana
dative	augasteini	augasteininum	augasteinum	augasteinunum
genitive	augasteins	augasteinsins	augasteina	augasteinanna

Descendants

• Old Danish: øghensten
  • Danish: øjesten
    • Norwegian Bokmål: øyesten, øyensten
• Icelandic: augasteinn
• Norwegian Nynorsk: augestein, augnestein

Further reading

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