hryggr
Old Norse
Etymology 1
From Proto-Germanic *hrugjaz. Cognate with Old English hryċġ (English ridge), Old High German rucki.
Noun
hryggr m (genitive hryggjar, plural hryggir)
Declension
Declension of hryggr (strong i-stem, ar-genitive)
masculine | singular | plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | hryggr | hryggrinn | hryggir | hryggirnir |
accusative | hrygg | hrygginn | hryggi | hryggina |
dative | hrygg | hrygginum | hryggjum | hryggjunum |
genitive | hryggjar | hryggjarins | hryggja | hryggjanna |
Descendants
- Icelandic: hryggur
- Faroese: ryggur
- Norn: rygg
- Norwegian: rygg
- Old Swedish: rygger
- Swedish: rygg
- Danish: ryg
- Elfdalian: rygg
- Gutnish: rygg
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References
- “hryggr1”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Etymology 2
Adjective
hryggr (comparative hryggvari, superlative hryggvastr)
Declension
Strong declension of hryggr (wa-stem)
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | hryggr | hrygg | hryggt |
accusative | hryggvan | hryggva | hryggt |
dative | hryggum | hryggri | hryggu |
genitive | hryggs | hryggrar | hryggs |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | hryggvir | hryggvar | hrygg |
accusative | hryggva | hryggvar | hrygg |
dative | hryggum | hryggum | hryggum |
genitive | hryggra | hryggra | hryggra |
Weak declension of hryggr
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | hryggvi | hryggva | hryggva |
accusative | hryggva | hryggu | hryggva |
dative | hryggva | hryggu | hryggva |
genitive | hryggva | hryggu | hryggva |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | hryggu | hryggu | hryggu |
accusative | hryggu | hryggu | hryggu |
dative | hryggum | hryggum | hryggum |
genitive | hryggu | hryggu | hryggu |
Descendants
- Icelandic: hryggur
References
- “hryggr2”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- hryggr in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.