belgr

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Old Norse

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *balgiz (bag). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵʰ- (to swell).

Noun

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belgr m (genitive belgjar, plural belgir)

  1. the skin (of a quadruped) taken off whole
  2. a skin-bag, skin-case (clarification of this definition is needed)
  3. bellows (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Declension

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Descendants

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References

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