uggr
Appearance
Old Norse
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Possibly from a family of words represented by Proto-Germanic *agaz (“fear, dread”), and thus related to aga (“to threaten”), ógn (“fear”). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?) Others have supposed a connection to Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (“sharp”),[1] though this is phonetically dubious.
Noun
[edit]uggr m
Declension
[edit]masculine | singular | |
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indefinite | definite | |
nominative | uggr | uggrinn |
accusative | ugg | ugginn |
dative | ugg | ugginum |
genitive | uggs | uggsins |
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ de Vries, Jan (1977) “ugð”, in Altnordisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Old Norse Etymological Dictionary][1] (in German), 2nd revised edition, Leiden: Brill, page 632: “uggr”
Further reading
[edit]- Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “uggr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive