ateggjan

Old Norse

Alternative forms

Etymology

From at- +‎ eggjan. The latter part from eggja (“to incite, egg on”) +‎ -an.

Noun

ateggjan f (genitive -ar, plural -ir)

  1. egging on

Declension

Declension of ateggjan (strong i-stem)
feminine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative ateggjan ateggjanin ateggjanir ateggjanirnar
accusative ateggjan ateggjanina ateggjanir ateggjanirnar
dative ateggjan ateggjaninni ateggjunum ateggjununum
genitive ateggjanar ateggjanarinnar ateggjana ateggjananna

Further reading

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