eigi

• IPA^(key): /ˈaiːjɪ/
• Rhymes: -aiːjɪ
• Homophones: eiði, Eiði, eiðið

eigi

1. first-person singular present of eiga

eigi

1. (dated or formal) not

   Synonyms: (normal register) ekki, (archaic) ei

   eigi síðar en ― not later than

eigi

1. inflection of eiga:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person plural present subjunctive

eigi

1. (non-standard since 2012) feminine singular of eigen

From earlier ne eigi from Proto-Germanic *ni aiw-gin (“never”), from *ne, *ni (“not”) + *aiw (“always, for ever”) + *-gin. See *aiwaz for the middle component.

eigi

2. not

   Synonyms: né, -at

• Danish: ej, ikke
• Faroese: ei
• Icelandic: eigi, ei, ekki
• Norn: ye
• Norwegian Bokmål: ei, ikkje
• Norwegian Nynorsk: ei, ikkje
• Old Swedish: eigh, eighi, ey, ække, ikke
  • Swedish: ej, icke
• → North Frisian: ai, ei

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

From Proto-Germanic *aigô.

eigi m (genitive eiga)

2. possession
3. property

• J.Fritzners ordbok over Det gamle norske sprog, dvs. norrøn ordbok ("J.Fritnzer's dictionary of the old Norwegian language, i.e. Old Norse dictionary"), on eigi.

Borrowed from Dutch eigen.

eigi

1. own