agn
Danish
    
    Etymology
    
From Old Norse agn, from Proto-Germanic *agana- (“bait”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱH-ono-, same source as Sanskrit अश्नाति (aśnāti, “to eat”), Sanskrit अशन (aśana, “eating”), Ancient Greek ἄκολος (ákolos, “morsel”).
Faroese
    
    Etymology
    
From Old Norse agn, from Proto-Germanic *agana- (“bait”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱH-ono-, same source as Sanskrit अश्नाति (aśnāti, “to eat”), Sanskrit अशन (aśana, “eating”), Ancient Greek ἄκολος (ákolos, “morsel”).
Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): /akn/
 - Rhymes: -akn
 
Declension
    
| Declension of agn | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| n5 | singular | plural | ||
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | agn | agnið | øgn | øgnini | 
| accusative | agn | agnið | øgn | øgnini | 
| dative | agni | agninum | øgnum | øgnunum | 
| genitive | agns | agnsins | agna | agnanna | 
Synonyms
    
- (bait): beita f
 
Icelandic
    
    Etymology
    
From Old Norse agn, from Proto-Germanic *agana- (“bait”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱH-ono-, same source as Sanskrit अश्नाति (aśnāti, “to eat”), Sanskrit अशन (aśana, “eating”), Ancient Greek ἄκολος (ákolos, “morsel”).
Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): /akn/
 - Rhymes: -akn
 
Declension
    
Synonyms
    
- (bait): beita
 
Ladin
    
    
Norwegian Bokmål
    
    Etymology
    
From Old Norse agn, from Proto-Germanic *agana- (“bait”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱH-ono-, same source as Sanskrit अश्नाति (aśnāti, “to eat”), Sanskrit अशन (aśana, “eating”), Ancient Greek ἄκολος (ákolos, “morsel”).
Norwegian Nynorsk
    
    Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): /ɑŋn/
 
Noun
    
agn n (definite singular agnet, indefinite plural agn, definite plural agna)
- (countable and uncountable) bait
 
Alternative forms
    
- ogn (non-standard since 1938)
 
References
    
- “agn” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
 
Old Norse
    
    Etymology
    
From Proto-Germanic *aganą (“bait”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱH-ono-, same source as Sanskrit अश्नाति (aśnāti, “to eat”), Sanskrit अशन (aśana, “eating”), Ancient Greek ἄκολος (ákolos, “morsel”).
Declension
    
Derived terms
    
- agnsax (“bait-knife, knife used for cutting the bait when fishing”)
 - egna (“to bait, fasten bait (on a hook)”)
 
Descendants
    
References
    
- “agn”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
 
Swedish
    
    Etymology 1
    
From Old Norse agn, from Proto-Germanic *agana- (“bait”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱH-ono-, same source as Sanskrit अश्नाति (aśnāti, “to eat”), Sanskrit अशन (aśana, “eating”), Ancient Greek ἄκολος (ákolos, “morsel”).
Declension
    
| Declension of agn | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | agn | agnet | agn | agnen | 
| Genitive | agns | agnets | agns | agnens | 
Related terms
    
- agna (“to bait”)
 
See also
    
Etymology 2
    
From Old Norse ǫgn, from Proto-Germanic *ahanō.
Declension
    
| Declension of agn | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | agn | agnen | agnar | agnarna | 
| Genitive | agns | agnens | agnars | agnarnas | 
Derived terms
    
- skilja agnarna från vetet (“separate the wheat from the chaff”)
 - skingras som agnar för vinden