veggr

See also: Veggr

Old Norse

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Norse *ᚹᚨᚷᛃᚢᛉ (*wagjuʀ /⁠waggjuʀ⁠/), 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

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Icelandic: veggur
  • Faroese: veggur
  • Norwegian Bokmål: vegg
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: vegg
  • Elfdalian: wegg
  • Old Swedish: væg, vægger
    • Swedish: vägg, vägge (dialectal)
  • Old Danish: wæg
  • Gutnish: vägg
  • → Scots: wig, veggel, wugrum

Further reading

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