"megna" meaning in Icelandic

See megna in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈmɛkna/
Rhymes: -ɛkna Etymology: From Old Norse megna, from Proto-Germanic *maginōną. Etymology templates: {{inh|is|non|megna}} Old Norse megna, {{inh|is|gem-pro|*maginōną}} Proto-Germanic *maginōną Head templates: {{head|is|verb|weak verb||third-person singular past indicative|megnaði||{{{22}}}|supine|megnað||{{{33}}}|cat2=weak verbs|head=}} megna (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative megnaði, supine megnað) Forms: megnaði [indicative, past, singular, third-person], megnað [supine], no-table-tags [table-tags], að megna [infinitive], megnað [supine], megnandi [participle, present], megna [indicative, present, singular], megnum [indicative, present, singular], megnar [indicative, present, singular, third-person], megnið [indicative, plural, present], megnar [indicative, plural, present], megna [indicative, plural, present, third-person], megnaði [indicative, past, singular], megnuðum [indicative, past, singular], megnaðir [indicative, past, singular, third-person], megnuðuð [indicative, past, plural], megnaði [indicative, past, plural], megnuðu [indicative, past, plural, third-person], megni [present, singular, subjunctive], megnum [present, singular, subjunctive], megnir [present, singular, subjunctive, third-person], megnið [plural, present, subjunctive], megni [plural, present, subjunctive], megni [plural, present, subjunctive, third-person], megnaði [past, singular, subjunctive], megnuðum [past, singular, subjunctive], megnaðir [past, singular, subjunctive, third-person], megnuðuð [past, plural, subjunctive], megnaði [past, plural, subjunctive], megnuðu [past, plural, subjunctive, third-person], megna [past, singular], megnið [past, plural], megnaðu [past, pronoun-included, singular], megniði [past, plural, pronoun-included]
  1. to be able to, to be capable of [with accusative] Tags: weak
    Sense id: en-megna-is-verb-DXOk-qmV Categories (other): Icelandic entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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    },
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