dvergr

Old Norse

FWOTD – 1 December 2013

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dvergr m (genitive dvergs, plural dvergar)

(Norse mythology) a dwarf
- Vǫluspá, verse 9, lines 5-6, in 1860, T. Möbius, Edda Sæmundar hins fróða: mit einem Anhang zum Theil bisher ungedruckter Gedichte. Leipzig, page 2:
  […] hverr skyldi dverga / dróttir skepja […]
  
  […] who shall the dwarves' / lord shape […]
a short support pillar
- Old Icelandic Homily Book, in 1872, T. Wisén, Homiliu-bók: Isländska homilier efter en handskrift från tolfte århundradet. Gleerup, page 100, lines 37-38:
  Þuertre es scorþa staflǽgior oc upphalda dvergom, […]
  
  Crosstrees that prop the beams and upholding pillars, […]
a brooch, stud, dress pin
- Rígsþula, verse 16, lines 7-8, in 1860, T. Möbius, Edda Sæmundar hins fróða: mit einem Anhang zum Theil bisher ungedruckter Gedichte. Leipzig, page 78:
  […] dúkr var á hálsi, / dvergar á öxlum; […]
  
  […] studs on her shoulders, / and scarf on her neck; […]

Declension of dvergr (strong a-stem)

Terms derived from dvergr

Icelandic: dvergur
Faroese: dvørgur
Norwegian:
Norwegian Bokmål: dverg

Norwegian Nynorsk: dverg
Old Swedish: dværgher
- Swedish: dvärg
Danish: dværg
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Gutnish: dvärg, värg
Helsingian: dvårg, dårg, värg
Dalian: djörg, dyrg, dörg

“dvergr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
dvergr in An Icelandic-English Dictionary, R. Cleasby and G. Vigfússon, Clarendon Press, 1874, at Internet Archive.
dvergr in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.