augasteinn

Icelandic

Noun

augasteinn m (genitive singular augasteins, nominative plural augasteinar)

1. pupil (of the eye)
2. lens (of the eye)

Further reading

• “augasteinn” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)

Old Norse

Alternative forms

• augnasteinn

Etymology

auga +‎ steinn

Noun

augasteinn m (genitive augasteins, plural augasteinar)

1. pupil (of the eye)

Declension

  Declension of augasteinn (strong a-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	augasteinn	augasteinninn	augasteinar	augasteinarnir
accusative	augastein	augasteininn	augasteina	augasteinana
dative	augasteini	augasteininum	augasteinum	augasteinunum
genitive	augasteins	augasteinsins	augasteina	augasteinanna

Descendants

• Old Danish: øghensten
  • Danish: øjesten
    • Norwegian Bokmål: øyesten, øyensten
• Icelandic: augasteinn
• Norwegian Nynorsk: augestein, augnestein

References

“augasteinn”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press