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[4] eigin (n.) ‘shoot’: A hap. leg. Cf. New Norw. eigind, ModSwed. dialects eien ‘the first sprouts of corn’ (cf. áll ‘sprout’ in l. 3), MLG īne ‘needle’. The original meaning is perhaps ‘sharp point’ (cf. ÍO: eigin). See also Note to l. 3 above.