skegg

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse skegg, from Proto-Germanic *skaggiją, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kek-, *(s)keg- (“to jump, skip, move, hurry”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʃɛkː/

Noun

skegg n (genitive singular skegs, plural skegg)

  1. beard

Declension
n9 Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative skegg skeggið skegg skeggini
Accusative skegg skeggið skegg skeggini
Dative skeggi skegginum skeggum skeggunum
Genitive skegs skegsins skegga skegganna

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse skegg, from Proto-Germanic *skaggiją, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kek-, *(s)keg- (“to jump, skip, move, hurry”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /scɛkː/
    Rhymes: -ɛkː

Noun

skegg n (genitive singular skeggs, nominative plural skegg)

  1. a beard

Declension
declension of skegg
n-s singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative skegg skeggið skegg skeggin
accusative skegg skeggið skegg skeggin
dative skeggi skegginu skeggjum skeggjunum
genitive skeggs skeggsins skeggja skeggjanna

Derived terms

See also

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *skagją. Related to Old English sceacga (English shag). Cognate with skógr (“forest”) and Old English sceaga (English shaw).

Noun

skegg n

  1. beard

Declension
  Declension of skegg (strong ja-stem)
neuter singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative skegg skeggit skegg skeggin
accusative skegg skeggit skegg skeggin
dative skeggi skegginu skeggjum skeggjunum
genitive skeggs skeggsins skeggja skeggjanna

Derived terms
  • skeggǫx

Descendants
  • Icelandic: skegg
  • Faroese: skegg
  • Norwegian: skjegg
  • Old Swedish: skæg
  • Danish: skæg

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