uggr

Old Norse

Etymology

Possibly from a family of words represented by Proto-Germanic *agaz (“fear, dread”), and thus related to aga (“to threaten”), ógn (“fear”). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?) Others have supposed a connection to Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (“sharp”),[1] though this is phonetically dubious.

Noun

uggr m

  1. fear, apprehension

Declension

Declension of uggr (strong i-stem, s-genitive, singular only)
masculine singular
indefinite definite
nominative uggr uggrinn
accusative ugg ugginn
dative ugg ugginum
genitive uggs uggsins

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ de Vries, Jan (1977) “ugð”, in Altnordisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Old Norse Etymological Dictionary]‎[1] (in German), 2nd revised edition, Leiden: Brill, page 632: “uggr”

Further reading

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