"Inga" meaning in Old Norse

See Inga in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Forms: Ingu [genitive]
Etymology: A short form of female compound names beginning with Ing-, Ingi-, ("the god Ing or Yngvi"). Head templates: {{head|non|proper nouns|g=f|g2=|head=|tr=}} Inga f, {{non-proper noun|f|Ingu}} Inga f (genitive Ingu)
  1. a female given name Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Old Norse female given names, Old Norse given names
    Sense id: en-Inga-non-name-pLhOhtoi Categories (other): Old Norse entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 17 entries, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "da",
            "2": "Inga",
            "3": "Inge"
          },
          "expansion": "Danish: Inga, Inge",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Danish: Inga, Inge"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fo",
            "2": "Inga"
          },
          "expansion": "Faroese: Inga",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Faroese: Inga"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "is",
            "2": "Inga"
          },
          "expansion": "Icelandic: Inga",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Icelandic: Inga"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "no",
            "2": "Inga"
          },
          "expansion": "Norwegian: Inga",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Norwegian: Inga"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sv",
            "2": "Inga"
          },
          "expansion": "Swedish: Inga",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Swedish: Inga"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "A short form of female compound names beginning with Ing-, Ingi-, (\"the god Ing or Yngvi\").",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Ingu",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "proper nouns",
        "g": "f",
        "g2": "",
        "head": "",
        "tr": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Inga f",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f",
        "2": "Ingu"
      },
      "expansion": "Inga f (genitive Ingu)",
      "name": "non-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old Norse",
  "lang_code": "non",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old Norse entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "name": "Old Norse female given names",
          "parents": [
            "Female given names",
            "Given names",
            "Names",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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          "name": "Old Norse given names",
          "parents": [
            "Given names",
            "Names",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 17 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a female given name"
      ],
      "id": "en-Inga-non-name-pLhOhtoi",
      "links": [
        [
          "given name",
          "given name"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Inga"
}
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  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "da",
            "2": "Inga",
            "3": "Inge"
          },
          "expansion": "Danish: Inga, Inge",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Danish: Inga, Inge"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fo",
            "2": "Inga"
          },
          "expansion": "Faroese: Inga",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Faroese: Inga"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "is",
            "2": "Inga"
          },
          "expansion": "Icelandic: Inga",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Icelandic: Inga"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "no",
            "2": "Inga"
          },
          "expansion": "Norwegian: Inga",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Norwegian: Inga"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sv",
            "2": "Inga"
          },
          "expansion": "Swedish: Inga",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Swedish: Inga"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "A short form of female compound names beginning with Ing-, Ingi-, (\"the god Ing or Yngvi\").",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Ingu",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "proper nouns",
        "g": "f",
        "g2": "",
        "head": "",
        "tr": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Inga f",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f",
        "2": "Ingu"
      },
      "expansion": "Inga f (genitive Ingu)",
      "name": "non-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old Norse",
  "lang_code": "non",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
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        "Old Norse female given names",
        "Old Norse feminine nouns",
        "Old Norse given names",
        "Old Norse lemmas",
        "Old Norse proper nouns",
        "Pages with 17 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a female given name"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "given name",
          "given name"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Inga"
}

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