Eigin
Old Norse Dictionary - eigin
Meaning of Old Norse word "eigin"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word eigin can mean:eigin
- eigin
- n. [Ulf. aigin = οὐσία], one’s own, of property; sitt eigin, his own, Stj. 448; girnask annars eigins, Hom. 54, Fms. ix. 453, v. l., Grág. ii. 191 (rare), vide eign.
- eigin
- II. a seed, Edda (Gl.); cp. the Norse iend or ejende = the first sprouts of corn, Ivar Aasen.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛁᛁᚴᛁᚾ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- Ulf.
- Ulfilas.
- v.
- vide.
- v. l.
- varia lectio.
- cp.
- compare.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- Hom.
- Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Ivar Aasen
- Ivar Aasen’s Dictionary, 1850.