bákn
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Icelandic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Norse bákn, a borrowing from Old Frisian bāken, from Proto-Germanic *baukną. Cognate with English beacon, Dutch baken.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]bákn n (genitive singular bákns, nominative plural bákn)
- (archaic) beacon, signal
- huge thing, colossus
- cumbersome system, red tape, bureaucracy
Declension
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- Icelandic terms inherited from Old Norse
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- Icelandic terms derived from Old Frisian
- Icelandic terms derived from Proto-Germanic
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- Rhymes:Icelandic/auhkn
- Rhymes:Icelandic/auhkn/1 syllable
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