ǫfugr

Old Norse

Alternative forms

• ǫfigr, afigr

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *abuhaz. Cognate with Gothic 𐌹𐌱𐌿𐌺𐍃 (ibuks).

Adjective

ǫfugr

1. turned the wrong way with the tail or back foremost
2. unkind, harsh

Declension

    Strong declension of ǫfugr

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	ǫfugr	ǫfug	ǫfugt
accusative	ǫfgan	ǫfga	ǫfugt
dative	ǫfgum	ǫfugri	ǫfgu
genitive	ǫfugs	ǫfugrar	ǫfugs
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	ǫfgir	ǫfgar	ǫfug
accusative	ǫfga	ǫfgar	ǫfug
dative	ǫfgum	ǫfgum	ǫfgum
genitive	ǫfugra	ǫfugra	ǫfugra

    Weak declension of ǫfugr

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	ǫfgi	ǫfga	ǫfga
accusative	ǫfga	ǫfgu	ǫfga
dative	ǫfga	ǫfgu	ǫfga
genitive	ǫfga	ǫfgu	ǫfga
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	ǫfgu	ǫfgu	ǫfgu
accusative	ǫfgu	ǫfgu	ǫfgu
dative	ǫfgum	ǫfgum	ǫfgum
genitive	ǫfgu	ǫfgu	ǫfgu

Related terms

• af

Descendants

• Icelandic: öfugur
• Norwegian: avig, avug, ovug
• Old Swedish: avigher, avugher, avogher
  • Swedish: avig, avog, avot
• Old Danish:
  • Danish: avet
• → English: awk

References

• öfugr in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.