dugnaðr

Old Norse

Etymology

From duga (“do one's best, be useful”) +‎ -naðr.

Noun

dugnaðr m (genitive dugnaðar, plural dugnaðir)

  1. aid, assistance
  2. virtue

Declension

Declension of dugnaðr (strong u-stem)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative dugnaðr dugnaðrinn dugnaðir dugnaðirnir
accusative dugnað dugnaðinn dugnaði dugnaðina
dative dugnaði dugnaðinum dugnuðum dugnuðunum
genitive dugnaðar dugnaðarins dugnaða dugnaðanna

Descendants

  • Icelandic: dugnaður
  • Norwegian Bokmål: dugnad
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: dugnad

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “dugnaðr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 97; also available at the Internet Archive
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