vargr
Old Norse
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Germanic *wargaz, from Proto-Indo-European *werǵʰ-. Compare Old English wearh, wearg.
Noun
editvargr m
Usage notes
edit- Unlike ulfr (“wolf”), which is frequently found in names and thus seems to have had some positive connotations, this is not the case with vargr, suggesting its sense was thoroughly negative.
Declension
edit Declension of vargr (strong a-stem)
Derived terms
edit- vargdropi m (“son of an outlaw”, literally “wolf-dropping”)
- varghamr m (“wolf-skin”)
- vargljóð n pl (“wolf-songs, the howling of wolves”)
- vargtré n (“outlaw-tree; gallows”)
- vargr í véum (“someone who commits violence in a religious shrine”)
- morðvargr m (“someone outlawed for murder”)
- goðvargr m (“someone who offends the gods; a blasphemer”)
- griðvargr m (“truce-breaker; someone outlawed for breaking a truce”)
Descendants
edit- Icelandic: vargur
- Faroese: vargur
- Norn: varg
- Norwegian Nynorsk: varg
- Elfdalian: warg
- Old Swedish: vargher
- Swedish: varg
- Danish: varg
- Norwegian Bokmål: varg
- → English: warg (learned)
References
edit- “vargr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press