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Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse feginn (“glad”). Cognate with English fain.

Adjective

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feginn (comparative fegnari, superlative fegnastur)

  1. happy, pleased, relieved

Declension

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Positive forms of feginn
strong declension
(indefinite) 		singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative feginn fegin fegið
accusative feginn fegna
dative fegnum feginni fegnu
genitive fegins feginnar fegins
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative fegnir fegnar fegin
accusative fegna
dative fegnum
genitive feginna
weak declension
(definite) 		singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative fegni fegna fegna
acc/dat/gen fegna fegnu
plural (all-case) fegnu
Comparative forms of feginn
weak declension
(definite) 		masculine feminine neuter
singular (all-case) fegnari fegnari fegnara
plural (all-case) fegnari
Superlative forms of feginn
strong declension
(indefinite) 		singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative fegnastur fegnust fegnast
accusative fegnastan fegnasta
dative fegnustum fegnastri fegnustu
genitive fegnasts fegnastrar fegnasts
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative fegnastir fegnastar fegnust
accusative fegnasta
dative fegnustum
genitive fegnastra
weak declension
(definite) 		singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative fegnasti fegnasta fegnasta
acc/dat/gen fegnasta fegnustu
plural (all-case) fegnustu

Derived terms

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Old Norse

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *faganaz.

Adjective

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feginn

  1. glad, joyful

Declension

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Strong declension of feginn
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative feginn fegin fegit
accusative fegnan fegna fegit
dative fegnum feginni fegnu
genitive fegins feginnar fegins
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative fegnir fegnar fegin
accusative fegna fegnar fegin
dative fegnum fegnum fegnum
genitive feginna feginna feginna
Weak declension of feginn
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative fegni fegna fegna
accusative fegna fegnu fegna
dative fegna fegnu fegna
genitive fegna fegnu fegna
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative fegnu fegnu fegnu
accusative fegnu fegnu fegnu
dative fegnum fegnum fegnum
genitive fegnu fegnu fegnu
Declension of comparative of feginn
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative fegnari fegnari fegnara
accusative fegnara fegnari fegnara
dative fegnara fegnari fegnara
genitive fegnara fegnari fegnara
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative fegnari fegnari fegnari
accusative fegnari fegnari fegnari
dative fegnurum fegnurum fegnurum
genitive fegnari fegnari fegnari
Strong declension of superlative of feginn
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative fegnastr fegnust fegnast
accusative fegnastan fegnasta fegnast
dative fegnustum fegnastri fegnustu
genitive fegnasts fegnastrar fegnasts
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative fegnastir fegnastar fegnust
accusative fegnasta fegnastar fegnust
dative fegnustum fegnustum fegnustum
genitive fegnastra fegnastra fegnastra
Weak declension of superlative of feginn
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative fegnasti fegnasta fegnasta
accusative fegnasta fegnustu fegnasta
dative fegnasta fegnustu fegnasta
genitive fegnasta fegnustu fegnasta
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative fegnustu fegnustu fegnustu
accusative fegnustu fegnustu fegnustu
dative fegnustum fegnustum fegnustum
genitive fegnustu fegnustu fegnustu

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Further reading

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  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “feginn”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive
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