helgr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hailagijō, *hailagī.

Noun

helgr f (genitive helgar, plural helgar)

1. holiday, festival

   hringja til helgar

   to ring for a festival

Declension

  Declension of helgr (strong ijō-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	helgr	helgrin	helgar	helgarnar
accusative	helgi	helgina	helgar	helgarnar
dative	helgi	helginni	helgum	helgunum
genitive	helgar	helgarinnar	helga	helganna

Related terms

• heilagr (“holy”)
• helga (“to hallow”)

Descendants

• Icelandic: helgi f
• Norwegian Nynorsk: helg f; (dialectal) hæg f, halg f, helj f, halj f
• Norwegian Bokmål: helg m or f
• Swedish: helg c
• Danish: helg c

References

• “helgr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• de Vries, Jan (1977) Altnordisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Old Norse Etymological Dictionary] (in German), 2nd revised edition, Leiden: Brill