igjen

== Danish == === Adverb === igjen obsolete spelling of igen == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === From Old Norse í gegn ("against"), from í ("in, on") and gegn ("straight, direct"). Probably through Danish. Compare Old English gegn and ongean (the origin of "again"); English again, Danish igen and German gegen. The form igjen spelled as ᛁᚵᛁ+ᚳ instead of igen is known from a danicized Norwegian neo-runic inscription from 1791. === Adverb === igjen again (not last time) back remaining, left to be shut, closed Lukk igjen døren! ― Close the door! Klapp igjen! ― Shut up! in turn ==== Synonyms ==== att, atter, på ny tilbake, att, attende til overs lukket videre ==== Derived terms ==== Å ta igjen = to get even, retaliate, catch up (with), fight back Igjen og igjen = again and again, over and over again Om igjen = over again (one more time) Kom igjen! = come on! Come off it! === References === “igjen” in The Bokmål Dictionary. K.J. Nordby (2001) Etterreformatoriske runeinnskrifter i Norge : opphav og tradisjon K.J. Nordby (2002) Nyere tids runer i Hardanger == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology === Inherited from Old Norse í gegn ("against"), from í ("in, on") and gegn ("straight, direct"). Cognate with Danish igen, English again and Swedish igen, although is used slightly different in English and Swedish (see e.g. Swedish kvar) === Adverb === igjen again (not last time) back remaining, left Synonym: att to be shut, closed Synonym: att in turn ==== Related terms ==== === References === “igjen” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.