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Proto-Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *argijǭ, jōn-stem derivative of *argaz (“unmanly, cowardly”). This word may have coexisted with the ancestor of Old Norse ergi, or even be the ancestor of it through a change in the declension.
The A present in between r and g represents a svarabhakti (epenthetic) vowel, which however is not seen in the Old Norse orthography (arg-/erg-) or in cognate words (such as Old English earg, Old High German arg). Compare ᚢᚦᛡᚱᛡᛒᛡ (uþᴀrᴀbᴀ /ūþarᵃβa/), ᚺᚨᚱᚨᛒᚨᚾᚨᛉ (harabanaʀ /hᵃrabᵃnaʀ/).
Noun
ᛡᚱᛡᚷᛖᚢ (ᴀrᴀgeu /arᵃgju/) f (dative/instrumental singular)
- effeminacy, unmanliness, wickedness; see ergi
- 7th century, Stentoften runestone
[…] ᚺᛖᚱᚼᛗᚼᛚᚼᛋᚼᛦᚼᚱᚼᚷᛖᚢᚹᛖᛚᚼᛞᚢᛞᛋᚼᚦᚼᛏᛒᚼᚱᛁᚢᛏᛁᚦ
[…] herᴀmᴀlᴀsᴀʀᴀrᴀgeuwelᴀdudsᴀþᴀtbᴀriutiþ- herᵃmalausaʀ arᵃgiu wēladaud sa þat bᵃriutiþ.
- restless because of effeminacy, with insidious death, he who destroys this.
- 7th century, Björketorp runestone:
[…] ᚼᚱᚼᚷᛖᚢ ¶ ᚺᚼᛖᚱᚼᛗᚼᛚᚼᚢᛋᛉ ¶ ᚢᛏᛁᚼᛉᚹᛖᛚᚼᛞᚼᚢᛞᛖ ¶ ᛋᚼᛉᚦᚼᛏᛒᚼᚱᚢᛏᛉ
[…] ᴀrᴀgeu ¶ hᴀerᴀmᴀlᴀusʀ ¶ utiᴀʀwelᴀdᴀude ¶ sᴀʀþᴀtbᴀrutʀ- arᵃgiu hearᵃmalausʀ wēladauðē, sa’ʀ þat bᵃrȳtʀ.
- restless because of effeminacy, with insidious death, he who destroys this.
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