argr

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Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *argaz, whence also Old English earg, Old High German arg.

Pronunciation

  • (12th century Icelandic) IPA(key): /ˈɑrɣr̩/

Adjective

argr

  1. (derogatory, offensive) unmanly, effeminate, cowardly
  2. (derogatory, offensive) bad

Declension

Alternative forms

  • ragr (by metathesis)

Derived terms

  • ergi (the state of being argr)

Descendants

  • Old Norse: ragr
    • Icelandic: ragur
    • Old Swedish: ragher
  • Icelandic: argur
  • Faroese: argur
  • Old Swedish: argher
  • Danish: arg
  • Scots: arg, arga

References

  • argr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Richard Cleasby, Guðbrandur Vigfússon — An Icelandic-English Dictionary (1874)