leiðangr
Old Norse
[edit]Etymology
[edit]A leið f (“way”) + gangr m (“course”). Alternatively a compound with gagn n (in the sense “advantage”, specifically “legal remedy used to one's advantage”), compare varnargagn n (“legal remedy used as defence in court”) and farangr m (“luggage”) which was reshaped in exactly the same way.[1]
Noun
[edit]leiðangr m (genitive leiðangrs)[2]
Declension
[edit]| masculine | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | leiðangr | leiðangrinn | leiðangrar | leiðangrarnir |
| accusative | leiðangr | leiðangrinn | leiðangra | leiðangrana |
| dative | leiðangri | leiðangrinum | leiðǫngrum | leiðǫngrunum |
| genitive | leiðangrs | leiðangrsins | leiðangra | leiðangranna |
Descendants
[edit]- Icelandic: leiðangur
- Norwegian Nynorsk: leidang
- → Norwegian Bokmål: leidang
- Swedish: ledung
- Danish: leding
- Norwegian Bokmål: leding
- → English: lething
- → Russian: лейданг (lejdang)
- → Middle Irish: laídeng f (“boat, ship”)
References
[edit]- ^ Jan de Vries (1977) [1957–1960], “leiðangr”, in Altnordisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Old Norse Etymological Dictionary] (in German), 3rd edition, Leiden: E[vert] J[an] Brill, →OCLC, page 350, column 1.
- ^ Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “leiðangr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive
Further reading
[edit]- “leiðangr” in Dictionary of Old Norse Prose (ONP) at University of Copenhagen