dyrgja

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse dyrgja, from Proto-Germanic *durgijǭ. Related to dvergur (“dwarf”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɪrca/
• Rhymes: -ɪrca

Noun

dyrgja f (genitive singular dyrgju, nominative plural dyrgjur)

1. (archaic, folklore) a female dwarf (mythological creature)
2. (archaic, derogatory) a female dwarf, midget (a very short woman)
3. (derogatory) plump woman, fat woman

Declension

declension of dyrgja

f-w1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	dyrgja	dyrgjan	dyrgjur	dyrgjurnar
accusative	dyrgju	dyrgjuna	dyrgjur	dyrgjurnar
dative	dyrgju	dyrgjunni	dyrgjum	dyrgjunum
genitive	dyrgju	dyrgjunnar	dyrgja/dyrgna	dyrgjanna/dyrgnanna

Related terms

• durgur
• dvergur (“dwarf”)

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *durgijǭ, or from earlier *dvergynja.

Noun

dyrgja f (genitive dyrgju, plural dyrgjur)

1. a female dwarf

Declension

  Declension of dyrgja (weak jōn-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	dyrgja	dyrgjan	dyrgjur	dyrgjurnar
accusative	dyrgju	dyrgjuna	dyrgjur	dyrgjurnar
dative	dyrgju	dyrgjunni	dyrgjum	dyrgjunum
genitive	dyrgju	dyrgjunnar	dyrgna	dyrgnanna

References

• “dyrgja”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press