vargr
Old Norse edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Germanic *wargaz, from Proto-Indo-European *werǵʰ-. Compare Old English wearh, wearg.
Noun edit
vargr m
Usage notes edit
- Unlike ulfr (“wolf”), which is frequently found in names and thus seems to have had some positive connotations, this is not the case with vargr, suggesting its sense was thoroughly negative.
Declension edit
Declension of vargr (strong a-stem)
Derived terms edit
- griðvargr (“truce-breaker; someone who is outlawed due to breaking a truce”)
Descendants edit
- Icelandic: vargur
- Faroese: vargur
- Norn: varg
- Norwegian Nynorsk: varg
- Elfdalian: warg
- Old Swedish: vargher
- Swedish: varg
- Danish: varg
- Norwegian Bokmål: varg
- → English: warg (learned)
References edit
- “vargr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press