veggr

See also: Veggr

Old Norse

Alternative forms

• veggruni

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wajjuz. Originally a u-stem, but reanalyzed as an i-stem.

Noun

veggr m

1. wall

Declension

  Declension of veggr (strong i-stem, s and ar-genitives)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	veggr	veggrinn	veggir	veggirnir
accusative	vegg	vegginn	veggi	veggina
dative	vegg	vegginum	veggjum	veggjunum
genitive	veggjar, veggs	veggjarins, veggsins	veggja	veggjanna

Descendants

• Faroese: veggur
• Icelandic: veggur
• Norwegian Bokmål: vegg
• Norwegian Nynorsk: vegg
• Old Danish: wæg
  • Danish: væg, vægge, vegg
• Old Swedish: væg, vægger
  • Swedish: vägg, vägge (dialectal)
• Elfdalian: wegg
• Gutnish: vägg
• Scanian: vægg
• → Scots: wig, veggel, wugrum

References

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