slǿgr

(Redirected from slœgr)

Old Norse edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Germanic *slōgiz (able to strike; clever).

Pronunciation edit

  • (12th century Icelandic) IPA(key): /ˈsløːɣr̩/

Adjective edit

slǿgr

  1. crafty, cunning, sly

Declension edit

Descendants edit

  • Icelandic: slægur
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: sløg
  • Old Danish: sløw
  • Old Swedish: sløgher
    • Swedish: slög (obsolete)
  • Middle English: sley, sly

References edit

  • "slœgr", Geir T. Zoëga (1910), A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford at the Claredon Press, page 390