rugr

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Old Norse[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Germanic *rugiz, whence also Old English ryġe. Old Frisian rogga, Old Saxon roggo, Old Dutch *roggo, and Old High German rocko are from the related West Germanic form *roggō. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wrugʰyo- (compare Russian рожь (rožʹ) and Old Prussian rugis).

Noun[edit]

rugr m

  1. rye (Secale cereale)

Declension[edit]

  Declension of rugr (strong i-stem, ar-genitive)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative rugr rugrinn rugir rugirnir
accusative rug ruginn rugi rugina
dative rug ruginum rugum rugunum
genitive rugar rugarins ruga ruganna

Descendants[edit]

  • Icelandic: rúgur
  • Faroese: rugur
  • Norwegian: rug
  • Old Swedish: rogher
  • Old Danish: rugh
  • Elfdalian: rug
  • Scanian: ruğ
  • Gutnish: ryg
  • Westrobothnian: rög, råg, rog

References[edit]

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