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
  • 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
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