seggr
Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *sagjaz (“retainer, warrior”), thus originally an a-stem. The root is ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- (“follow”).
Noun
seggr m
- (poetic) man
Declension
Declension of seggr (strong i-stem, s-genitive)
| masculine | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | seggr | seggrinn | seggir | seggirnir |
| accusative | segg | segginn | seggi | seggina |
| dative | segg | segginum | seggjum | seggjunum |
| genitive | seggs | seggsins | seggja | seggjanna |
Descendants
- Faroese: seggur
- Norwegian Nynorsk: segg
References
- seggr in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press