seggr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *sagjaz (“retainer, warrior”), thus originally an a-stem. The root is ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- (“follow”).

Noun

seggr m

  1. (poetic) man

Declension

Declension of seggr (strong i-stem, s-genitive)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative seggr seggrinn seggir seggirnir
accusative segg segginn seggi seggina
dative segg segginum seggjum seggjunum
genitive seggs seggsins seggja seggjanna

Descendants

  • Icelandic: seggur
  • Faroese: seggur
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: segg

Further reading

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