eygr

Old Norse

Alternative forms

• eygðr

Etymology

From Proto-Norse ᚨᚢᚷᛁᛉ (augiʀ) (attested in ᚷᛚᛇᚨᚢᚷᛁᛉ (glïaugiʀ, “gleaming-eyed”)). The -ð- is due to confusion with past participles.

Adjective

eygr

1. (in compounds) having eyes of a certain kind

Declension

    Strong declension of eygr

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	eygr	eyg	eygt
accusative	eygan	eyga	eygt
dative	eygum	eygri	eygu
genitive	eygs	eygrar	eygs
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	eygir	eygar	eyg
accusative	eyga	eygar	eyg
dative	eygum	eygum	eygum
genitive	eygra	eygra	eygra

    Weak declension of eygr

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	eygi	eyga	eyga
accusative	eyga	eygu	eyga
dative	eyga	eygu	eyga
genitive	eyga	eygu	eyga
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	eygu	eygu	eygu
accusative	eygu	eygu	eygu
dative	eygum	eygum	eygum
genitive	eygu	eygu	eygu

Derived terms

• veðreygr (“stormy-eyed”)

References

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