feigr

Old Norse
FWOTD – 9 September 2013

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *faigijaz, whence also Old English fæġe (English fey)), Old High German feigi (“cowardly”).

Pronunciation
  • (12th century Icelandic) IPA(key): /ˈfɛiɣr̩/

Adjective

feigr

  1. fey, doomed to die

Declension

The original paradigm inherited from Proto-Germanic was a ja-stem, but already by classic written Old Norwegian-Icelandic it had shifted to a regular a-stem, thus with accusative feigan. However, on the 9th century Swedish Rök runestone we find the form faikiąn (normalized spelling fęigjan), with the ja-stem declension still intact.

    Strong declension of feigr
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative feigr feig feigt
accusative feigan feiga feigt
dative feigum feigri feigu
genitive feigs feigrar feigs
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative feigir feigar feig
accusative feiga feigar feig
dative feigum feigum feigum
genitive feigra feigra feigra
    Weak declension of feigr
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative feigi feiga feiga
accusative feiga feigu feiga
dative feiga feigu feiga
genitive feiga feigu feiga
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative feigu feigu feigu
accusative feigu feigu feigu
dative feigum feigum feigum
genitive feigu feigu feigu
    Declension of comparative of feigr
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative feigari feigari feigara
accusative feigara feigari feigara
dative feigara feigari feigara
genitive feigara feigari feigara
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative feigari feigari feigari
accusative feigari feigari feigari
dative feigurum feigurum feigurum
genitive feigari feigari feigari
    Strong declension of superlative of feigr
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative feigastr feigust feigast
accusative feigastan feigasta feigast
dative feigustum feigastri feigustu
genitive feigasts feigastrar feigasts
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative feigastir feigastar feigust
accusative feigasta feigastar feigust
dative feigustum feigustum feigustum
genitive feigastra feigastra feigastra
    Weak declension of superlative of feigr
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative feigasti feigasta feigasta
accusative feigasta feigustu feigasta
dative feigasta feigustu feigasta
genitive feigasta feigustu feigasta
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative feigustu feigustu feigustu
accusative feigustu feigustu feigustu
dative feigustum feigustum feigustum
genitive feigustu feigustu feigustu

Alternative forms
  • ᚠᛆᛁᚴᛁᚭᚿ (faikiąn) — Rök runestone (strong masculine accusative singular)

Descendants
  • Icelandic: feigur
  • Faroese: feigur
  • Norwegian: feig; (dialectal) feig’u, feig’e, feg
  • Old Swedish: fēgher
  • Old Danish: fegh
    • Danish: fej, fejg
      • Norwegian Bokmål: feig

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