eigin

== Icelandic == === Alternative forms === eiginn (masculine singular nominative/accusative) === Etymology === From Old Norse eiginn. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈeijɪn] === Adjective === eigin own ==== Declension ==== Indeclinable apart from special nominative/accusative singular neuter eigið. This adjective needs an inflection-table template. ==== Derived terms ==== skara eld að eigin köku trúa ekki eigin augum === References === === Further reading === Kristín Bjarnadóttir, editor (2002–2026), “eigin”, in Beygingarlýsing íslensks nútímamáls [The Database of Modern Icelandic Inflection] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies “eigin” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages) “eigin”, in Íðorðabanki [Terminology Bank] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, 2002–2024 “eigin”, in Ritmálssafn Orðabókar Háskólans [The Written Collection of the Lexicological Institute] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies eigin in Hólmarsson et al.: Íslensk-ensk orðabók. 1989. == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Adjective === eigin (masculine eigin, feminine eigi, neuter eigi) (pre-1917) alternative form of eigen == Old Norse == === Etymology === From Proto-Germanic *aigin. === Noun === eigin n one's own, one's property new sprout of corn ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “eigin”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive