gegnum

Icelandic

Etymology 1

Adverb

gegnum

  1. through
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

gegnum

  1. first-person plural active present indicative of gegna
  2. first-person plural active present subjunctive of gegna

Old English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈjej.num/

Adverb

ġeġnum

  1. (poetic) straight, directly

Old Norse

Alternative forms

Etymology

Dative of the adjective gegn (“right, fitting”), derived from the preposition gegn (“against”), from Proto-Germanic *gagin (“towards”).

Preposition

gegnum

  1. through [with accusative]

Descendants

  • Icelandic: gegnum
  • Faroese: gjøgnum
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: gjennom
  • Norwegian Bokmål: gjennom
  • Old Swedish: gēnom
  • Danish: gennem

Further reading

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