ᛡᚱᛡᚷᛖᚢ

ᛡᚱᛡᚷᛖᚢ

Proto-Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *argijǭ, jōn-stem derivative of *argaz (“unmanly, cowardly”). The A present in between r and g represents a svarabhakti (epenthetic) vowel, which however is not seen in the Old Norse orthography (arg-/erg-) or in cognate words (such as Old English earg, Old High German arg). Compare ᚢᚦᛡᚱᛡᛒᛡ (uþᴀrᴀbᴀ /ūþarᵃβa/), ᚺᚨᚱᚨᛒᚨᚾᚨᛉ (harabanaʀ /hᵃrabᵃnaʀ/).

Noun

ᛡᚱᛡᚷᛖᚢ (ᴀrᴀgeu /arᵃgiu/) f (dative/instrumental singular)

1. effeminacy, unmanliness, wickedness; see ergi
   • 7th century, Stentoften Runestone

     […] ᚺᛖᚱᚼᛗᚼᛚᚼᛋᚼᛦᚼᚱᚼᚷᛖᚢᚹᛖᛚᚼᛞᚢᛞᛋᚼᚦᚼᛏᛒᚼᚱᛁᚢᛏᛁᚦ
     […] herᴀmᴀlᴀsᴀʀᴀrᴀgeuwelᴀdudsᴀþᴀtbᴀriutiþ

     […] herᵃmalausaʀ arᵃgiu wēladaud sa þat bᵃriutiþ.

     […] restless because of effeminacy, [afflicted] with insidious death, [will be] he who destroys this.

   • 7th century, inscription on the Björketorp stone:

     […] ᚼᚱᚼᚷᛖᚢ ¶ ᚺᚼᛖᚱᚼᛗᚼᛚᚼᚢᛋᛉ ¶ ᚢᛏᛁᚼᛉᚹᛖᛚᚼᛞᚼᚢᛞᛖ ¶ ᛋᚼᛉᚦᚼᛏᛒᚼᚱᚢᛏᛉ
     […] ᴀrᴀgeu ¶ hᴀerᴀmᴀlᴀusʀ ¶ utiᴀʀwelᴀdᴀude ¶ sᴀʀþᴀtbᴀrutʀ

     […] arᵃgiu hearᵃmalausʀ [utiᴀʀ] wēladauðē, sa’ʀ þat bᵃrȳtʀ.

     […] restless because of effeminacy, [utiᴀʀ,] [afflicted] with insidious death, [will be] he who destroys this.

Descendants

• Old Norse: ergja f