sögn
Icelandic
/sœkn/
noun
Definitions
- the act of telling, saying
- story, tale
- (grammar) verb
- (card games) bid
Etymology
Inherited from Old Norse sǫgn.
Origin
Old Norse
sǫgn
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *sagnō Proto-Germanic
- sǫgn Old Norse
- sagn Danish
- aðalsögn Icelandic
- beyging Icelandic
- bót Icelandic
- fylling Icelandic
- hjálp Icelandic
- hjálparsagnorð Icelandic
- hjálparsögn Icelandic
- miðmynd Icelandic
- miðmyndarsögn Icelandic
- orð Icelandic
- saga Icelandic
- sagnbeyging Icelandic
- sagnbót Icelandic
- sagnfræði Icelandic
- sagnfylling Icelandic
- sagnorð Icelandic
- sögusögn Icelandic
- þversögn Icelandic
- søgn Faroese
- säghn Old Swedish
- sögn Westrobothnian