belgr
Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *balgiz (“bag”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵʰ- (“to swell”).
Noun
belgr m (genitive belgjar, plural belgir)
- the skin (of a quadruped) taken off whole
- a skin-bag, skin-case (clarification of this definition is needed)
- bellows (Can we add an example for this sense?)
Declension
| masculine | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | belgr | belgrinn | belgir | belgirnir |
| accusative | belg | belginn | belgi | belgina |
| dative | belg | belginum | belgjum | belgjunum |
| genitive | belgjar, belgs | belgjarins, belgsins | belgja | belgjanna |
Descendants
- Icelandic: belgur
- Faroese: bjølgur
- Norwegian Nynorsk: belg; (dialectal) bæg’e, balg
- Old Swedish: bælgher, ᛒᛅᛚᚵᚼᚽᚱ
- Swedish: bälg
- Danish: bælg
- Norwegian Bokmål: belg
- Gutnish: bälg, bölg
- → Scots: belya, beli, bella, belja, belli
Further reading
- Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “belgr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive