dugnaðr

Old Norse

Etymology

From duga (“do one's best, be useful”) +‎ -naðr.

Noun

dugnaðr m (genitive dugnaðar, plural dugnaðir)

aid, assistance
virtue

Declension

Declension of dugnaðr (strong u-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
masculine	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	dugnaðr	dugnaðrinn	dugnaðir	dugnaðirnir
accusative	dugnað	dugnaðinn	dugnaði	dugnaðina
dative	dugnaði	dugnaðinum	dugnuðum	dugnuðunum
genitive	dugnaðar	dugnaðarins	dugnaða	dugnaðanna

Descendants

Icelandic: dugnaður
Norwegian Bokmål: dugnad
Norwegian Nynorsk: dugnad

References

dugnaðr in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.

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