vegr
Old Norse edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Germanic *wegaz, whence also Old English weġ (English way), Old Saxon weg (Low German Weg), Old Dutch weg (Dutch weg), Old High German weg (modern German Weg), Gothic 𐍅𐌹𐌲𐍃 (wigs). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ-.
Noun edit
vegr m (genitive vegar or vegs, plural vegir or vegar)
Declension edit
Declension of vegr (strong u-stem)
Declension of vegr (strong a-stem)
Descendants edit
- Icelandic: vegur m
- Faroese: vegur m
- Norwegian Nynorsk: veg m
- → Norwegian Bokmål: veg m
- Old Swedish: vægher
- Swedish: väg c
- Danish: vej c
- Norwegian Bokmål: vei m
References edit
- “vegr1”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Etymology 2 edit
Probably related to vega (“to weigh”).
Noun edit
vegr m (genitive vegs or vegar)
Declension edit
Declension of vegr (strong i-stem, s and ar-genitives, singular only)
References edit
- “vegr2”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- vegr in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.
Etymology 3 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun edit
vegr
References edit
- vegr in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.
- vög in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.