argr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *argaz, whence also Old English earg, Old High German arg.

Pronunciation

  • (12th century Icelandic) IPA(key): /ˈɑrɣr̩/

Adjective

argr

  1. (derogatory, offensive) unmanly, effeminate, cowardly
  2. (derogatory, offensive) bad

Declension

Strong declension of argr
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative argr ǫrg argt, art
accusative argan arga argt, art
dative ǫrgum argri ǫrgu
genitive args argrar args
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative argir argar ǫrg
accusative arga argar ǫrg
dative ǫrgum ǫrgum ǫrgum
genitive argra argra argra
Weak declension of argr
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative argi arga arga
accusative arga ǫrgu arga
dative arga ǫrgu arga
genitive arga ǫrgu arga
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative ǫrgu ǫrgu ǫrgu
accusative ǫrgu ǫrgu ǫrgu
dative ǫrgum ǫrgum ǫrgum
genitive ǫrgu ǫrgu ǫrgu
Declension of comparative of argr
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative argari argari argara
accusative argara argari argara
dative argara argari argara
genitive argara argari argara
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative argari argari argari
accusative argari argari argari
dative ǫrgurum ǫrgurum ǫrgurum
genitive argari argari argari
Strong declension of superlative of argr
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative argastr ǫrgust argast
accusative argastan argasta argast
dative ǫrgustum argastri ǫrgustu
genitive argasts argastrar argasts
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative argastir argastar ǫrgust
accusative argasta argastar ǫrgust
dative ǫrgustum ǫrgustum ǫrgustum
genitive argastra argastra argastra
Weak declension of superlative of argr
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative argasti argasta argasta
accusative argasta ǫrgustu argasta
dative argasta ǫrgustu argasta
genitive argasta ǫrgustu argasta
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative ǫrgustu ǫrgustu ǫrgustu
accusative ǫrgustu ǫrgustu ǫrgustu
dative ǫrgustum ǫrgustum ǫrgustum
genitive ǫrgustu ǫrgustu ǫrgustu

Alternative forms

  • ragr — by metathesis

Derived terms

  • ergi (“the state of being argr”)

Descendants

  • ⇒ Old Norse: ragr
    • Icelandic: ragur
    • Old Swedish: ragher
  • Icelandic: argur
  • Faroese: argur
  • Old Swedish: argher
  • Danish: arg
  • → Scots: arg, arga

Further reading

  • Richard Cleasby, Guðbrandur Vigfússon (1874) “argr”, in An Icelandic-English Dictionary, 1st edition, Oxford: Oxford Clarendon Press
  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “argr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.