עִיגּוּנָא ch. same 1) anchor, v. preced. —2) condition of a deserted wife, disability to remarry, v. עָגַן. Gitt. 3ᵃ; Yeb. 88ᵃ משום ע׳ אקילו וכ׳ in order to prevent the eventuality of ‘widowhood in life’, the Rabbis have made lenient rules for her (as regards testimony to her husband’s death); a. e.