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Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Norse ᚨᚢᚷᛁᛉ (augiʀ) (attested in ᚷᛚᛇᚨᚢᚷᛁᛉ (glïaugiʀ, “gleaming-eyed”)). The -ð- is due to confusion with past participles.
Adjective
eygr
- having eyes of a certain kind
Declension
Strong declension of eygr
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon — Íslensk orðsifjabók, (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans. (Available on Málið.is under the “Eldra mál” tab.)
- “eygr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “eygr” in Dictionary of Old Norse Prose (ONP) at University of Copenhagen
- “eygðr” in Dictionary of Old Norse Prose (ONP) at University of Copenhagen