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

• fáganarmaðr m (“worshipper”)

Related 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 [https://archive.org/stream/concisedictionar001857

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