eygr
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Old Norse
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Norse ᚨᚢᚷᛁᛉ (augiʀ) (attested in ᚷᛚᛇᚨᚢᚷᛁᛉ (glïaugiʀ, “gleaming-eyed”)). The -ð- is due to confusion with past participles.
Adjective
[edit]eygr
- (in compounds) having eyes of a certain kind
Declension
[edit] Strong declension of eygr
Weak declension of eygr
Derived terms
[edit]- veðreygr (“stormy-eyed”)
References
[edit]- “eygr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press