dǿgr
Old Norse edit
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Etymology edit
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Noun edit
dǿgr n (genitive dǿgrs, plural dǿgr)
- a twelve-hour period; a half-day
- (in the plural) night and day
- dǿgr mǿtask nú
- now night and day meet
- í degi dægr tvau, í dægri stundir tólf
- in a day two half-days; in a half-day twelve hours
Declension edit
Declension of dǿgr (strong a-stem)
Descendants edit
References edit
- Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon — Íslensk orðsifjabók, (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans. (Available on Málið.is under the “Eldra mál” tab.)
- “dægr” in: Richard Cleasby, Guðbrandur Vigfússon — An Icelandic-English Dictionary (1874)
- “dǿgr” in Dictionary of Old Norse Prose (ONP) at University of Copenhagen