bjarg

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Faroese

Vestmannabjørgini - Vestmanna cliffs

Etymology

From Old Norse bjarg, from Proto-Germanic *bergaz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ-.

Noun

bjarg n (genitive singular bjargs, plural bjørg)

  1. (poetic) cliff

Declension

Declension of bjarg
n5 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative bjarg bjargið bjørg bjørgini
accusative bjarg bjargið bjørg bjørgini
dative bjargi bjarginum bjørgum bjørgunum
genitive bjargs bjargsins bjarga bjarganna

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *bergaz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ-.

Noun

bjarg n (genitive bjargs, plural bjǫrg)

  1. Alternative form of berg

Declension

References

  • bjarg”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press