fagna

See also: fägna

Faroese

Verb

fagna (third person singular past indicative fagnaði, third person plural past indicative fagnað, supine fagnað)

  1. to welcome

Conjugation

Conjugation of (group v-30)
infinitive
supine fagnað
present past
first singular fagni fagnaði
second singular fagnar fagnaði
third singular fagnar fagnaði
plural fagna fagnaðu
participle (a6)1 fagnandi fagnaður
imperative
singular fagna!
plural fagnið!

1Only the past participle being declined.

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse fagna, from Proto-Germanic *faginōną.

Verb

fagna (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative fagnaði, supine fagnað)

  1. to rejoice (over, in something) [with dative]
  2. to welcome [with dative]

Conjugation

fagna – active voice (germynd)
infinitive nafnháttur fagna
supine sagnbót fagnað
present participle
fagnandi
indicative
subjunctive
present
past
present
past
singular ég fagna fagnaði fagni fagnaði
þú fagnar fagnaðir fagnir fagnaðir
hann, hún, það fagnar fagnaði fagni fagnaði
plural við fögnum fögnuðum fögnum fögnuðum
þið fagnið fögnuðuð fagnið fögnuðuð
þeir, þær, þau fagna fögnuðu fagni fögnuðu
imperative boðháttur
singular þú fagna (þú), fagnaðu
plural þið fagnið (þið), fagniði1
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

Further reading

Old Norse

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Germanic *faginōną.

Verb

fagna

  1. to rejoice [with dative ‘over/in something’]
  2. to welcome [with dative]

Conjugation

Conjugation of fagna — active (weak class 2)
infinitive fagna
present participle fagnandi
past participle fagnaðr
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular fagna fagnaða fagna fagnaða
2nd person singular fagnar fagnaðir fagnir fagnaðir
3rd person singular fagnar fagnaði fagni fagnaði
1st person plural fǫgnum fǫgnuðum fagnim fagnaðim
2nd person plural fagnið fǫgnuðuð fagnið fagnaðið
3rd person plural fagna fǫgnuðu fagni fagnaði
imperative present
2nd person singular fagna
1st person plural fǫgnum
2nd person plural fagnið
Conjugation of fagna — mediopassive (weak class 2)
infinitive fagnask
present participle fagnandisk
past participle fagnazk
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular fǫgnumk fǫgnuðumk fǫgnumk fǫgnuðumk
2nd person singular fagnask fagnaðisk fagnisk fagnaðisk
3rd person singular fagnask fagnaðisk fagnisk fagnaðisk
1st person plural fǫgnumsk fǫgnuðumsk fagnimsk fagnaðimsk
2nd person plural fagnizk fǫgnuðuzk fagnizk fagnaðizk
3rd person plural fagnask fǫgnuðusk fagnisk fagnaðisk
imperative present
2nd person singular fagnask
1st person plural fǫgnumsk
2nd person plural fagnizk

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Icelandic: fagna
  • Faroese: fagna
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: fagna
  • Elfdalian: faingen
  • Swedish: fägna
  • Old Danish: fagne

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “fagna”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive