elgr
Old Norse
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Germanic *algiz, from Proto-Indo-European *el- (“red, brown”).
Noun
editelgr m
Declension
editmasculine | singular | plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | elgr | elgrinn | elgir | elgirnir |
accusative | elg | elginn | elgi | elgina |
dative | elg | elginum | elgjum | elgjunum |
genitive | elgs | elgsins | elgja | elgjanna |
Derived terms
editDescendants
edit- Icelandic: elgur
- Faroese: elgur
- Norwegian Nynorsk: elg; (dialectal) alg
- Old Swedish: ælgher
- Swedish: älg
- Danish: elg, ⇒ elsdyr
- Norwegian Bokmål: elg
Further reading
edit- Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “elgr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 110; also available at the [https://archive.org/stream/concisedictionar001857
- page/110 Internet Archive]