skegg

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Faroese

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Etymology

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From Old Norse skegg, from Proto-Germanic *skaggiją, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kek-, *(s)keg- (to jump, skip, move, hurry).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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skegg n (genitive singular skegs, plural skegg)

  1. beard

Declension

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n9 Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative skegg skeggið skegg skeggini
Accusative skegg skeggið skegg skeggini
Dative skeggi skegginum skeggum skeggunum
Genitive skegs skegsins skegga skegganna

Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse skegg, from Proto-Germanic *skaggiją, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kek-, *(s)keg- (to jump, skip, move, hurry).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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skegg n (genitive singular skeggs, nominative plural skegg)

  1. a beard

Declension

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    Declension of skegg
n-s singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative skegg skeggið skegg skeggin
accusative skegg skeggið skegg skeggin
dative skeggi skegginu skeggjum skeggjunum
genitive skeggs skeggsins skeggja skeggjanna

Derived terms

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See also

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Old Norse

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *skagją. Related to Old English sceacga (English shag). Cognate with skógr (forest) and Old English sceaga (English shaw).

Noun

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skegg n

  1. beard

Declension

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Icelandic: skegg
  • Faroese: skegg
  • Norwegian: skjegg
  • Old Swedish: skæg
  • Danish: skæg

References

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