different between agn vs dragn

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse agn, from Proto-Germanic *agana- (“bait”), from Proto-Indo-European *h?e?H-ono-, same source as Sanskrit ??????? (a?n?ti, “to eat”), Sanskrit ??? (a?ana, “eating”), Ancient Greek ?????? (ákolos, “morsel”).

Noun

agn c (singular definite agnen, plural indefinite agne)

1. bait

Declension

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse agn, from Proto-Germanic *agana- (“bait”), from Proto-Indo-European *h?e?H-ono-, same source as Sanskrit ??????? (a?n?ti, “to eat”), Sanskrit ??? (a?ana, “eating”), Ancient Greek ?????? (ákolos, “morsel”).

Noun

agn n (genitive singular agns, plural øgn)

1. bait

Declension

Synonyms

• (bait): beita f

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse agn, from Proto-Germanic *agana- (“bait”), from Proto-Indo-European *h?e?H-ono-, same source as Sanskrit ??????? (a?n?ti, “to eat”), Sanskrit ??? (a?ana, “eating”), Ancient Greek ?????? (ákolos, “morsel”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /akn/
• Rhymes: -akn

Noun

agn n (genitive singular agns, nominative plural ögn)

1. bait

Further reading

• Kroonen, Guus (2013) , “agana-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, ?ISBN, page 3

Declension

Synonyms

• (bait): beita

Ladin

Noun

agn

1. plural of ann

Lombard

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a?/

Noun

agn

1. plural of ann

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse agn, from Proto-Germanic *agana- (“bait”), from Proto-Indo-European *h?e?H-ono-, same source as Sanskrit ??????? (a?n?ti, “to eat”), Sanskrit ??? (a?ana, “eating”), Ancient Greek ?????? (ákolos, “morsel”).

Noun

agn n (definite singular agnet, indefinite plural agn, definite plural agna or agnene)

1. bait

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??n/ (example of pronunciation)

Etymology 1

From Old Norse agn.

Noun

agn n (definite singular agnet, indefinite plural agn, definite plural agna)

1. (countable and uncountable) bait

Etymology 2

From earlier ogn and Old Norse ?gn (plural agnir), from Proto-Germanic *agan?, *ahan?.

Alternative forms

• ogn (non-standard since 1938)

Noun

agn f (definite singular agna, indefinite plural agner, definite plural agnene)

1. husk
2. (plural only) chaff

References

• “agn” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• ang, ang., gan

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *agana- (“bait”), from Proto-Indo-European *h?e?H-ono-, same source as Sanskrit ??????? (a?n?ti, “to eat”), Sanskrit ??? (a?ana, “eating”), Ancient Greek ?????? (ákolos, “morsel”).

Noun

agn n (genitive agns, plural ?gn)

1. bait

Declension

Descendants

• Icelandic: agn
• Norwegian Nynorsk: agn
• Norwegian Bokmål: agn
• Swedish: agn

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 *h?e?H-ono-, same source as Sanskrit ??????? (a?n?ti, “to eat”), Sanskrit ??? (a?ana, “eating”), Ancient Greek ?????? (ákolos, “morsel”).

Noun

agn c

1. (rare) lure; food set up to attract an animal

Declension

Etymology 2

From Old Norse ?gn, from Proto-Germanic *ahan?.

Noun

agn c

1. husk
2. (plural only) chaff

Declension