dyggr
Old Norse
editEtymology
editFrom an adjective related to Proto-Germanic *duganą (“to be useful, to avail”).
Adjective
editdyggr (accusative dyggvan)
Declension
edit Strong declension of dyggr
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | dyggr | dygg | dyggt |
accusative | dyggvan | dyggva | dyggt |
dative | dyggum | dyggri | dyggu |
genitive | dyggs | dyggrar | dyggs |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | dyggvir | dyggvar | dygg |
accusative | dyggva | dyggvar | dygg |
dative | dyggum | dyggum | dyggum |
genitive | dyggra | dyggra | dyggra |
Weak declension of dyggr
Declension of comparative of dyggr
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | dyggvari | dyggvari | dyggvara |
accusative | dyggvara | dyggvari | dyggvara |
dative | dyggvara | dyggvari | dyggvara |
genitive | dyggvara | dyggvari | dyggvara |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | dyggvari | dyggvari | dyggvari |
accusative | dyggvari | dyggvari | dyggvari |
dative | dyggurum | dyggurum | dyggurum |
genitive | dyggvari | dyggvari | dyggvari |
Strong declension of superlative of dyggr
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | dyggvastr | dyggust | dyggvast |
accusative | dyggvastan | dyggvasta | dyggvast |
dative | dyggustum | dyggvastri | dyggustu |
genitive | dyggvasts | dyggvastrar | dyggvasts |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | dyggvastir | dyggvastar | dyggust |
accusative | dyggvasta | dyggvastar | dyggust |
dative | dyggustum | dyggustum | dyggustum |
genitive | dyggvastra | dyggvastra | dyggvastra |
Weak declension of superlative of dyggr
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | dyggvasti | dyggvasta | dyggvasta |
accusative | dyggvasta | dyggustu | dyggvasta |
dative | dyggvasta | dyggustu | dyggvasta |
genitive | dyggvasta | dyggustu | dyggvasta |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | dyggustu | dyggustu | dyggustu |
accusative | dyggustu | dyggustu | dyggustu |
dative | dyggustum | dyggustum | dyggustum |
genitive | dyggustu | dyggustu | dyggustu |
Derived terms
edit- dyggleikr (“faithfulness, probity”)
Descendants
edit- Icelandic: dyggur
References
edit- Richard Cleasby, Guðbrandur Vigfússon — An Icelandic-English Dictionary (1874)