bógur

See also: böğür

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse bógr, from Proto-Germanic *bōguz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpouːʏr/
    Rhymes: -ouːʏr

Noun

bógur m (genitive singular bógs or bógar, nominative plural bógar or (archaic/obsolete) bægir)

  1. (animal) a shoulder of an animal, especially as meat
  2. (nautical) prow, bow
    Synonym: kinnungur
  3. side
    Synonym: hlið

Declension

Declension of bógur (masculine)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative bógur bógurinn bógar, bægir1 bógarnir, bægirnir1
accusative bóg bóginn bóga, bægi, bógu2 bægina, bóguna2
dative bóg, bógi, bægi1 bógnum, bóginum, bæginum1 bógum bógunum
genitive bógs, bógar bógsins, bógarins bóga bóganna

1Archaic/obsolete.
2Archaic or literary.

Derived terms

  • á hinn bóginn
  • á báða bóga
  • suður á bóginn

See also

References

  • Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)
  • Kristín Bjarnadóttir, editor (2002–2025), “bógur”, in Beygingarlýsing íslensks nútímamáls [The Database of Modern Icelandic Inflection] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies
  • Mörður Árnason (2019) Íslensk orðabók, 5th edition, Reykjavík: Forlagið
  • “bógur” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)
  • “bógur”, in Ritmálssafn Orðabókar Háskólans [The Written Collection of the Lexicological Institute] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, (Can we date this quote?)
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