tryggr

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Old Norse

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *triwwiz, whence also Old English trīewe, Old High German triuwi.

Adjective

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tryggr (accusative tryggvan)

  1. loyal; faithful; true

Declension

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Middle English: trig, tryg
  • Icelandic: tryggur
  • Faroese: tryggur
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: trygg
  • Norwegian Bokmål: trygg
  • Old Swedish: trygger
  • Danish: tryg

References

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  • tryggr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press