augasteinn

Icelandic

Noun

augasteinn m (genitive singular augasteins, nominative plural augasteinar)

  1. pupil (of the eye)
  2. lens (of the eye)

Declension

Declension of augasteinn (masculine, based on steinn)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative augasteinn augasteinninn augasteinar augasteinarnir
accusative augastein augasteininn augasteina augasteinana
dative augasteini augasteininum augasteinum augasteinunum
genitive augasteins augasteinsins augasteina augasteinanna

Further reading

Old Norse

Alternative forms

Etymology

auga +‎ steinn

Noun

augasteinn m (genitive augasteins, plural augasteinar)

  1. pupil (of the eye)

Declension

Declension of augasteinn (strong a-stem)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative augasteinn augasteinninn augasteinar augasteinarnir
accusative augastein augasteininn augasteina augasteinana
dative augasteini augasteininum augasteinum augasteinunum
genitive augasteins augasteinsins augasteina augasteinanna

Descendants

  • Old Danish: øghensten
    • Danish: øjesten
      • Norwegian Bokmål: øyesten, øyensten
  • Icelandic: augasteinn
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: augestein, augnestein

Further reading

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

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