gengr

Old Norse

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *gangiz. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰengʰ-.

Adjective

gengr

1. able to walk
2. fit to walk on

Declension

    Strong declension of gengr

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	gengr	geng	gengt
accusative	gengan	genga	gengt
dative	gengum	gengri	gengu
genitive	gengs	gengrar	gengs
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	gengir	gengar	geng
accusative	genga	gengar	geng
dative	gengum	gengum	gengum
genitive	gengra	gengra	gengra

    Weak declension of gengr

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	gengi	genga	genga
accusative	genga	gengu	genga
dative	genga	gengu	genga
genitive	genga	gengu	genga
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	gengu	gengu	gengu
accusative	gengu	gengu	gengu
dative	gengum	gengum	gengum
genitive	gengu	gengu	gengu

    Declension of comparative of gengr

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	gengari	gengari	gengara
accusative	gengara	gengari	gengara
dative	gengara	gengari	gengara
genitive	gengara	gengari	gengara
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	gengari	gengari	gengari
accusative	gengari	gengari	gengari
dative	gengurum	gengurum	gengurum
genitive	gengari	gengari	gengari

    Strong declension of superlative of gengr

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	gengastr	gengust	gengast
accusative	gengastan	gengasta	gengast
dative	gengustum	gengastri	gengustu
genitive	gengasts	gengastrar	gengasts
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	gengastir	gengastar	gengust
accusative	gengasta	gengastar	gengust
dative	gengustum	gengustum	gengustum
genitive	gengastra	gengastra	gengastra

    Weak declension of superlative of gengr

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	gengasti	gengasta	gengasta
accusative	gengasta	gengustu	gengasta
dative	gengasta	gengustu	gengasta
genitive	gengasta	gengustu	gengasta
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	gengustu	gengustu	gengustu
accusative	gengustu	gengustu	gengustu
dative	gengustum	gengustum	gengustum
genitive	gengustu	gengustu	gengustu

Descendants

• Icelandic: gengur
• Norwegian Nynorsk: gjengs
• Norwegian Bokmål: gjengs

References

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

Etymology 2

Verb

gengr

1. second/third-person present indicative active of ganga

Descendants

• Icelandic: gengur
• Faroese: gongur
• Norwegian Nynorsk: gjeng, gjenger; (dialectal) gjeng’e, gjæ’