fagr
Gothic edit
Romanization edit
fagr
- Romanization of 𐍆𐌰𐌲𐍂
Old Norse edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Germanic *fagraz, whence also Old English fæġer ( > English fair), Old Saxon fagar, Old High German fagar, Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐌲𐍂𐍃 (fagrs). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂ḱ- (“to fasten, place”). Non-Germanic cognates include Latin pulcher and Slovak pekný (“nice”).
Adjective edit
fagr (comparative fagrari, superlative fagrastr) or
fagr (comparative fegri, superlative fegrstr)
Declension edit
Strong declension of fagr
Weak declension of fagr
Declension of comparative of fagr
Strong declension of superlative of fagr
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | fegrstr | fegrst | fegrst |
accusative | fegrstan | fegrsta | fegrst |
dative | fegrstum | fegrstri | fegrstu |
genitive | fegrsts | fegrstrar | fegrsts |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | fegrstir | fegrstar | fegrst |
accusative | fegrsta | fegrstar | fegrst |
dative | fegrstum | fegrstum | fegrstum |
genitive | fegrstra | fegrstra | fegrstra |
Weak declension of superlative of fagr
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | fegrsti | fegrsta | fegrsta |
accusative | fegrsta | fegrstu | fegrsta |
dative | fegrsta | fegrstu | fegrsta |
genitive | fegrsta | fegrstu | fegrsta |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | fegrstu | fegrstu | fegrstu |
accusative | fegrstu | fegrstu | fegrstu |
dative | fegrstum | fegrstum | fegrstum |
genitive | fegrstu | fegrstu | fegrstu |
Descendants edit
- Icelandic: fagur
- Faroese: fagur
- Norn: feg, fåg
- Norwegian Nynorsk: fager, fagr; (dialectal) fagur
- Old Swedish: fagher
- Swedish: fager
- Danish: fager, feir, fauer, faver, favr
- Norwegian Bokmål: fager
References edit
- “fagr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press