auralógan

Old Norse

Etymology

From eyrir (“money”) +‎ lógan (“consumption”). The latter part being made up from lóga (“to part with, waste”) +‎ -an.

Noun

auralógan f (genitive auralóganar, plural auralóganir)

  1. squandering of money, profuseness

Declension

Declension of auralógan (strong i-stem)
feminine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative auralógan auralóganin auralóganir auralóganirnar
accusative auralógan auralóganina auralóganir auralóganirnar
dative auralógan auralóganinni auralógunum auralógununum
genitive auralóganar auralóganarinnar auralógana auralógananna

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “auralógan”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 27; also available at the Internet Archive
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