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eggjan

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Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse eggjan.

Pronunciation

Noun

eggjan f (genitive singular eggjanar, plural eggjanir)

  1. encouragement
    Synonyms: tileggjan, tilstuðling

Declension

More information f2, singular ...

Further reading

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Old Norse

Etymology

From eggja (to incite) + -an.

Noun

eggjan f (genitive -ar, plural -ir)

  1. egging on, goading

Declension

More information feminine, singular ...

Further reading

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