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tegn

Pronunciation: [tˢɑjˀn]

“tegn” is a Danish word. Its 4 meanings in English:

noun

  1. sign
  2. token
  3. character
  4. freeman, thane

Etymology

From Old Norse teikn, from Proto-Germanic *taikną, cognate with English token and German Zeichen. The noun is derived from the verb *tīhaną (“to show, accuse”) (cf. Danish te (“to behave”), German zeihen (“to accuse”)).

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