ylgr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wulgī, from Proto-Indo-European *wl̥kʷíh₂s (“she-wolf”), from *wĺ̥kʷos (“wolf”), whence ulfr (“wolf”). Cognate with Sanskrit वृकी (vṛkī, “she-wolf”), Lithuanian vi̇̀lkė (“she-wolf”) and Proto-Slavic *vьlčìca.

Noun

ylgr f (genitive ylgjar, dative ylgi, plural ylgjar)

1. she-wolf

   Synonym: ylfa

Declension

Declension of ylgr (strong ijō-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	ylgr	ylgrin	ylgjar	ylgjarnar
accusative	ylgi	ylgina	ylgjar	ylgjarnar
dative	ylgi	ylginni	ylgjum	ylgjunum
genitive	ylgjar	ylgjarinnar	ylgja	ylgjanna

Descendants

• Icelandic: ylgur

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “ylgr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive