fágan

Old Norse

Etymology

From fága (“to adorn, worship”) +‎ -an.

Noun

fágan f (genitive fáganar, plural fáganir)

  1. worship

Declension

Declension of fágan (strong i-stem)
feminine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative fágan fáganin fáganir fáganirnar
accusative fágan fáganina fáganir fáganirnar
dative fágan fáganinni fágunum fágununum
genitive fáganar fáganarinnar fágana fágananna

Derived terms

  • fágandi m (“cultivator, worshipper”)
  • fágari m (“cultivator, worshipper”)

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “fágan”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 131; also available at the Internet Archive
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