afganga

Old Norse

Etymology

From af- +‎ ganga.

Noun

afganga f (genitive afgǫngu)

1. digression
2. deviation from the right course

Declension

Declension of afganga (weak ōn-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	afganga	afgangan	afgǫngur	afgǫngurnar
accusative	afgǫngu	afgǫnguna	afgǫngur	afgǫngurnar
dative	afgǫngu	afgǫngunni	afgǫngum	afgǫngunum
genitive	afgǫngu	afgǫngunnar	afgangna	afgangnanna

Derived terms

• afgǫngudagr

Further reading

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