egga

• eggene (Etymology 1)
• eggen (Etymology 2)

egga n

1. definite plural of egg (Etymology 1)

egga m or f

1. definite feminine singular of egg (Etymology 2)

• a-egg, A-egg, gage

egga n

1. definite plural of egg

egga f

1. definite singular of egg

Derived from egg (“sharp edge of a cutting tool”). Cognate with egg in English egg on. Related to English edge.

• IPA^(key): /²ɛɡːa/

egga (present eggar, preterite eggade, supine eggat, imperative egga)

2. to egg (someone) on, to incite, to goad
3. (often with a particle, especially upp) to (sexually) excite

More often of abstract things in (sense 1) compared to English. Something might "egg someone on," as in incite them towards some action.

• fantasieggande

• eggelse
• uppegga

• egga in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• egga in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• egga in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)