gangr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *gangaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰengʰ-o-s. Ultimately from the root *ǵʰengʰ- (“stride, step”). Related to ganga.

Noun

gangr m (genitive gangs)

  1. walking, motion
  2. pace, pacing
  3. course
  4. prevailing

Declension

Declension of gangr (strong a-stem)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative gangr gangrinn gangar gangarnir
accusative gang ganginn ganga gangana
dative gangi ganginum gǫngum gǫngunum
genitive gangs gangsins ganga ganganna

Descendants

  • Icelandic: gangur
  • Faroese: gangur
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: gang
  • Norwegian Bokmål: gang
  • Old Swedish: ganger
  • Danish: gang

Further reading

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