ógnan

Icelandic

Etymology

ógna (“to threaten”) +‎ -an f (noun-forming suffix)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈouknan/

Noun

ógnan f (genitive singular ógnanar, nominative plural ógnanir)

  1. (dated) threat, menace, alternative form of ógnun
    • 1939, Gunnar Gunnarsson, Aðventa, 7th edition, Almenna bókafélagið, published 1990, page 50f.:
      Kaldir vindsveipir blöktu með kynlegum hraða og ógnan umhverfis þá utan úr dulardimmri nóttu.
      Cold gusts of wind blew with strange speed and menace around them from the dark and mysterious night.

Declension

Declension of ógnan (feminine)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative ógnan ógnanin ógnanir ógnanirnar
accusative ógnan ógnanina ógnanir ógnanirnar
dative ógnan ógnaninni ógnönum ógnönunum
genitive ógnanar ógnanarinnar ógnana ógnananna

Further reading

  • Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989), “ógn”, in Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN, page 687 (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)
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