angr
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Alternative forms edit
Verb edit
angr
- imperative of angre
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Verb edit
angr
- imperative of angra
Old Norse edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Germanic *angazaz. Compare to ǫngr.
Noun edit
angr m
- sorrow, resentment, distress
- repentance
- tribulation, affliction
- injury, harm (physical)
Declension edit
Declension of angr (strong a-stem, singular only)
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- Icelandic: angur
- Faroese: angur
- Norwegian: anger
- Old Swedish: anger
- Swedish: ånger
- → Middle English: anger
References edit
- “angr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Etymology 2 edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun edit
angr ?
Derived terms edit
- Angrmannaland (“Ångermanland in Sweden”)
- Harðangr (“Hardanger in Norway”)
- Stafangr (“Stavanger in Norway”)