From Old Norse logn, lygn, from Proto-Germanic *lugnijaz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (“bright”), referring to shining water. Germanic cognates include English lown, Danish lyn (“lightning”), Swedish lugn (“calm water”).
logn f (genitive singular lognar, uncountable)
- (nautical, meteorology) calm
- Note the alternative genitive form logns
From Old Norse logn lygn, from Proto-Germanic *lugnijaz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (“bright”), referring to shining water. Germanic cognates include English lown, Danish lyn (“lightning”), Swedish lugn (“calm water”).
logn n (genitive singular logns, nominative plural logn)
- (nautical, meteorology) calm
From Old Norse logn, lygn. Doublet of lun. Cognate with Icelandic logn, Faroese logn, and English logn.
logn f or m (definite singular logna or lognen, indefinite plural logner, definite plural lognene)
- (nautical, meteorology) calm
logn (masculine and feminine logn, neuter lognt, definite singular and plural logne)
- (nautical, meteorology) calm
- “logn” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
From Old Norse logn, lygn. Doublet of lun. Cognate with Icelandic logn, Faroese logn, and English logn.
logn f (definite singular logna, indefinite plural logner, definite plural lognene)
- (nautical, meteorology) calm
logn (neuter lognt, definite singular and plural logne, comparative lognare, indefinite superlative lognast, definite superlative lognaste)
- (nautical, meteorology) calm
logn
- imperative of logna
- “logn” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
From Proto-Germanic *lugnijaz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (“bright”), referring to shining water. Germanic cognates include English lown, Danish lyn (“lightning”), Swedish lugn (“calm water”).
logn n (genitive logns)
- calm
Declension of logn (strong a-stem)
- Icelandic: logn n
- Faroese: logn f
- Norwegian Nynorsk: logn f
- Norwegian Bokmål: logn m or f