eggjan

== Faroese == === Etymology === From Old Norse eggjan. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɛt͡ʃːan/ === Noun === eggjan f (genitive singular eggjanar, plural eggjanir) encouragement Synonyms: tileggjan, tilstuðling ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === "eggjan" at Sprotin.fo == Old Norse == === Etymology === From eggja (“to incite”) +‎ -an. === Noun === eggjan f (genitive -ar, plural -ir) egging on, goading ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “eggjan”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive