sǫgn

See also: sogn, sögn, and sóğn

Old Norse

Etymology

From the root of segja (“to declare, tell, say”).

Noun

sǫgn f (genitive sagnar, plural sagnir)

  1. speech
  2. tale, report, news
    þat er sǫgn manna, at
    people say, the story goes, that
  3. host of men

Declension

Declension of sǫgn (strong i-stem)
feminine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative sǫgn sǫgnin sagnir sagnirnar
accusative sǫgn sǫgnina sagnir sagnirnar
dative sǫgn sǫgninni sǫgnum sǫgnunum
genitive sagnar sagnarinnar sagna sagnanna

Derived terms

  • sagnamaðr
  • sagnameistari
  • sagnaskemtan
  • sannindasǫgn
  • skipsǫgn
  • spásǫgn
  • sǫgusǫgn

Descendants

  • Icelandic: sögn
  • Faroese: søgn
  • Norwegian Bokmål: sagn, segn
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: segn, sogn
  • Old Swedish: saghn, sæghn
  • Old Danish: saghn
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