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Gender Masculine
Usage Norse Mythology, Icelandic
Other Forms FormsAghen (Old Danish), Agne (Old Swedish), Ahni (runic nominative form), Agino (Old High German cognate)
Meaning & History
Possibly a diminutive of Old Norse names beginning with the element agi "awe, fear" or egg "edge of a sword" (such as Agnarr or Agmundr). In the Ynglingatal, Agni Skjálfarbondi is a legendary Swedish king, one of the Ynglingar (Swedish royal dynasty in the early Middle Ages). His wife Skjalf hanged him with his own necklace.