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
- 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: veggjerune (dialectal)
- Norwegian Bokmål: vegg
- Norwegian Nynorsk: vegg
- Old Danish: wæg
- Danish: væg, vægge, vegg
- Old Swedish: væg, vægger
- Swedish: vägg, vägge (dialectal)
- Elfdalian: wegg
- Gutnish: vägg
- Scanian: vægg
- Westrobothnian: wägg, väigg, vaigg, vegg
- → Scots: wig, veggel, wugrum
References
- veggr in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press