bógur

See also: böğür

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse bógr, from Proto-Germanic *bōguz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpouːʏr/

  Rhymes: -ouːʏr

Noun

bógur m (genitive singular bógs or bógar, nominative plural bógar or (archaic/obsolete) bægir)

1. (animal) a shoulder of an animal, especially as meat
2. (nautical) prow, bow

   Synonym: kinnungur

3. side

   Synonym: hlið

Declension

Declension of bógur (masculine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	bógur	bógurinn	bógar, bægir1	bógarnir, bægirnir1
accusative	bóg	bóginn	bóga, bægi, bógu2	bægina, bóguna2
dative	bóg, bógi, bægi1	bógnum, bóginum, bæginum1	bógum	bógunum
genitive	bógs, bógar	bógsins, bógarins	bóga	bóganna

¹Archaic/obsolete.
²Archaic or literary.

Derived terms

• á hinn bóginn
• á báða bóga
• suður á bóginn

See also

• öxl

References

• Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)
• Kristín Bjarnadóttir, editor (2002–2025), “bógur”, in Beygingarlýsing íslensks nútímamáls [The Database of Modern Icelandic Inflection] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies
• Mörður Árnason (2019) Íslensk orðabók, 5th edition, Reykjavík: Forlagið
• “bógur” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)
• “bógur”, in Ritmálssafn Orðabókar Háskólans [The Written Collection of the Lexicological Institute] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, (Can we date this quote?)