gagna

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gagna

1. third-person singular past historic of gagner

• ganga

• Rhymes: -akna

gagna

1. (impersonal) to help, to please, to be of use

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gagna

1. indefinite genitive plural of gagn

• gagne

From Old Norse gagna.

gagna (present tense gagnar, past tense gagna, past participle gagna, passive infinitive gagnast, present participle gagnande, imperative gagna/gagn)

1. to benefit, to be of gain (to)

   Kva gagnar det oss, at Jesus stod upp?

   How does it benefit us that Jesus rose?

• gagnsverk
• gagnlaus
• gagnløyse

• “gagna” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

gagn +‎ -a, from Old Norse gagna. Compare Danish gavne.

gagna (present gagnar, preterite gagnade, supine gagnat, imperative gagna)

1. to benefit, to be of gain (to)

   Räntesänkningen har gagnat mig

   Falling rates have benefited me

• begagna

• gagna in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• gagna in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

• gnaga