dvergr
Old Norse
FWOTD – 1 December 2013
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *dwergaz (“dwarf”). Cognate with Old English dweorg, Old Frisian dwerch, Old Saxon dwerg, Old High German twerg, twerc.
Pronunciation
- (12th century Icelandic) IPA(key): /ˈdwerɣr̩/
Noun
dvergr m (genitive dvergs, plural dvergar)
- (Norse mythology) a dwarf
- Vǫluspá, verse 9, lines 5-6, in 1860, T. Möbius, Edda Sæmundar hins fróða: mit einem Anhang zum Theil bisher ungedruckter Gedichte. Leipzig, page 2:
- […] hverr skyldi dverga / dróttir skepja […]
- […] who shall the dwarves' / lord shape […]
- Vǫluspá, verse 9, lines 5-6, in 1860, T. Möbius, Edda Sæmundar hins fróða: mit einem Anhang zum Theil bisher ungedruckter Gedichte. Leipzig, page 2:
- a short support pillar
- Old Icelandic Homily Book, in 1872, T. Wisén, Homiliu-bók: Isländska homilier efter en handskrift från tolfte århundradet. Gleerup, page 100, lines 37-38:
- Þuertre es scorþa staflǽgior oc upphalda dvergom, […]
- Crosstrees that prop the beams and upholding pillars, […]
- Old Icelandic Homily Book, in 1872, T. Wisén, Homiliu-bók: Isländska homilier efter en handskrift från tolfte århundradet. Gleerup, page 100, lines 37-38:
- a brooch, stud, dress pin
- Rígsþula, verse 16, lines 7-8, in 1860, T. Möbius, Edda Sæmundar hins fróða: mit einem Anhang zum Theil bisher ungedruckter Gedichte. Leipzig, page 78:
- […] dúkr var á hálsi, / dvergar á öxlum; […]
- […] studs on her shoulders, / and scarf on her neck; […]
- Rígsþula, verse 16, lines 7-8, in 1860, T. Möbius, Edda Sæmundar hins fróða: mit einem Anhang zum Theil bisher ungedruckter Gedichte. Leipzig, page 78:
Declension
Declension of dvergr (strong a-stem)
| masculine | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | dvergr | dvergrinn | dvergar | dvergarnir |
| accusative | dverg | dverginn | dverga | dvergana |
| dative | dvergi | dverginum | dvergum | dvergunum |
| genitive | dvergs | dvergsins | dverga | dverganna |
Derived terms
Terms derived from dvergr
- dyrgja (“female dwarf”)
- dvergasmíði (“work of a dwarf”)
- dvergasóleyg (“glacier crowfoot”)
- dverghagr (“skillful”)
- dvergmál, dvergmali (“echo”)
- dvergmála (“to echo”)
Descendants
- Icelandic: dvergur
- Faroese: dvørgur
- Norwegian:
- Norwegian Bokmål: dverg
- Norwegian Nynorsk: dverg
- Old Swedish: dværgher
- Swedish: dvärg
- Danish: dværg
- Westrobothnian: dwåri
- Gutnish: dvärg, värg
- Helsingian: dvårg, dårg, värg
- Dalian: djörg, dyrg, dörg
References
- dvergr in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- dvergr in An Icelandic-English Dictionary, R. Cleasby and G. Vigfússon, Clarendon Press, 1874, at Internet Archive.
- dvergr in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.