gegn

== Icelandic == === Etymology 1 === From Old Norse gegn, from Proto-Germanic *gagin. Compare German gegen; Old High German gagan. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): [cɛkn̥] (when unstressed) IPA(key): [ˈcɛkn̥] (when stressed) Rhymes: -ɛkn̥ ==== Adverb ==== gegn through ==== Preposition ==== gegn against [with dative] Synonym: á móti towards, in the direction of [with dative] Synonym: móti ===== Derived terms ===== stríða gegn glæpur gegn mannkyni === Etymology 2 === ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): [ˈcɛkn̥] Rhymes: -ɛkn̥ ==== Adjective ==== gegn (comparative gegnari, superlative gegnastur) fine ===== Declension ===== === Etymology 3 === ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): [ˈcɛkn̥] Rhymes: -ɛkn̥ ==== Verb ==== gegn second-person singular active imperative of gegna == Old English == === Alternative forms === gæġn, ġēan, ġēn === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *gagin, from Proto-Germanic *gagin, whence also Old Saxon gigin, Old High German gagan (> German gegen), Old Norse gegn (> Swedish igen). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /jejn/ Rhymes: -ejn === Adverb === ġeġn again ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: gain, ȝæn English: gain (obsolete) Scots: gain, gin