hegri
Faroese edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse hegri, from Proto-Germanic *haigrô, metathesis of *hraigrô, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kreik-, *(s)kreig- (“to screech, creak”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
hegri m (genitive singular hegra, plural hegrar)
Declension edit
Declension of hegri | ||||
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m1 | singular | plural | ||
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | hegri | hegrin | hegrar | hegrarnir |
accusative | hegra | hegran | hegrar | hegrarnar |
dative | hegra | hegranum | hegrum | hegrunum |
genitive | hegra | hegrans | hegra | hegranna |
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Icelandic edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse hegri, from Proto-Germanic *haigrô, metathesis of *hraigrô, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kreik-, *(s)kreig- (“to screech, creak”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
hegri m (genitive singular hegra, nominative plural hegrar)
- a heron
Declension edit
declension of hegri
Derived terms edit
Old Norse edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Germanic *haigrô.
Noun edit
hegri m
Declension edit
Declension of hegri (weak an-stem)
Descendants edit
References edit
- “hegri”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press