feginn

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse feginn (“glad”). Cognate with English fain.

Adjective

feginn (comparative fegnari, superlative fegnastur)

1. happy, pleased, relieved

Declension

    positive (strong declension)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	feginn	fegin	fegið
accusative	feginn	fegna	fegið
dative	fegnum	feginni	fegnu
genitive	fegins	feginnar	fegins
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	fegnir	fegnar	fegin
accusative	fegna	fegnar	fegin
dative	fegnum	fegnum	fegnum
genitive	feginna	feginna	feginna

    positive (weak declension)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	fegni	fegna	fegna
accusative	fegna	fegnu	fegna
dative	fegna	fegnu	fegna
genitive	fegna	fegnu	fegna
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	fegnu	fegnu	fegnu
accusative	fegnu	fegnu	fegnu
dative	fegnu	fegnu	fegnu
genitive	fegnu	fegnu	fegnu

    comparative

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	fegnari	fegnari	fegnara
accusative	fegnari	fegnari	fegnara
dative	fegnari	fegnari	fegnara
genitive	fegnari	fegnari	fegnara
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	fegnari	fegnari	fegnari
accusative	fegnari	fegnari	fegnari
dative	fegnari	fegnari	fegnari
genitive	fegnari	fegnari	fegnari

    superlative (strong declension)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	fegnastur	fegnust	fegnast
accusative	fegnastan	fegnasta	fegnast
dative	fegnustum	fegnastri	fegnustu
genitive	fegnasts	fegnastrar	fegnasts
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	fegnastir	fegnastar	fegnust
accusative	fegnasta	fegnastar	fegnust
dative	fegnustum	fegnustum	fegnustum
genitive	fegnastra	fegnastra	fegnastra

    superlative (weak declension)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	fegnasti	fegnasta	fegnasta
accusative	fegnasta	fegnustu	fegnasta
dative	fegnasta	fegnustu	fegnasta
genitive	fegnasta	fegnustu	fegnasta
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	fegnustu	fegnustu	fegnustu
accusative	fegnustu	fegnustu	fegnustu
dative	fegnustu	fegnustu	fegnustu
genitive	fegnustu	fegnustu	fegnustu

Derived terms

• vera feginn

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *faganaz.

Adjective

feginn

1. glad, joyful

Declension

    Strong declension of feginn

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	feginn	fegin	fegit
accusative	fegnan	fegna	fegit
dative	fegnum	feginni	fegnu
genitive	fegins	feginnar	fegins
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	fegnir	fegnar	fegin
accusative	fegna	fegnar	fegin
dative	fegnum	fegnum	fegnum
genitive	feginna	feginna	feginna

    Weak declension of feginn

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	fegni	fegna	fegna
accusative	fegna	fegnu	fegna
dative	fegna	fegnu	fegna
genitive	fegna	fegnu	fegna
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	fegnu	fegnu	fegnu
accusative	fegnu	fegnu	fegnu
dative	fegnum	fegnum	fegnum
genitive	fegnu	fegnu	fegnu

    Declension of comparative of feginn

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	fegnari	fegnari	fegnara
accusative	fegnara	fegnari	fegnara
dative	fegnara	fegnari	fegnara
genitive	fegnara	fegnari	fegnara
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	fegnari	fegnari	fegnari
accusative	fegnari	fegnari	fegnari
dative	fegnurum	fegnurum	fegnurum
genitive	fegnari	fegnari	fegnari

    Strong declension of superlative of feginn

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	fegnastr	fegnust	fegnast
accusative	fegnastan	fegnasta	fegnast
dative	fegnustum	fegnastri	fegnustu
genitive	fegnasts	fegnastrar	fegnasts
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	fegnastir	fegnastar	fegnust
accusative	fegnasta	fegnastar	fegnust
dative	fegnustum	fegnustum	fegnustum
genitive	fegnastra	fegnastra	fegnastra

    Weak declension of superlative of feginn

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	fegnasti	fegnasta	fegnasta
accusative	fegnasta	fegnustu	fegnasta
dative	fegnasta	fegnustu	fegnasta
genitive	fegnasta	fegnustu	fegnasta
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	fegnustu	fegnustu	fegnustu
accusative	fegnustu	fegnustu	fegnustu
dative	fegnustum	fegnustum	fegnustum
genitive	fegnustu	fegnustu	fegnustu

Related terms

• fagna

Descendants

• Faroese: fegin
• Icelandic: feginn
• Norwegian: fegen
• Old Swedish: fæghin
  • Swedish: fägen

References

• “feginn”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press