eign

== Icelandic == === Etymology === From Old Norse eign. Cognate with Faroese ogn, Danish egn. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /eikn/ Rhymes: -eikn === Noun === eign f (genitive singular eignar, nominative plural eignir) property possession ownership, possession ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== eignarfall === Anagrams === engi == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology === From Old Norse eign. === Noun === eign f (definite singular eigna, indefinite plural eigner, definite plural eignene) possession, property estate, fortune === References === “eign” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Old Norse == === Etymology === Related to eiga and eiginn. === Noun === eign f property possession estate, landed property (especially in the plural) ==== Declension ==== ==== Descendants ==== Icelandic: eign Faroese: ogn Norwegian Nynorsk: eign Danish: egn c === Further reading === Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “eign”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive