glöggur

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See also: gløggur

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse glǫggr, gløggr, from Proto-Germanic *glawwaz.

Pronunciation

Adjective

glöggur (comparative gleggri or glöggari or glöggvari, superlative gleggstur or glöggastur or glöggvastur)

  1. perceptive, perspicacious, acute
    Synonym: skarpskyggn
  2. clear
    Synonyms: greinilegur, skýr

Declension

positive forms of glöggur (umlauted-comp)
strong declension
(indefinite) 		singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative glöggur glögg glöggt
accusative glöggan, glöggvan glögga, glöggva
dative glöggum, glöggvum glöggri glöggu, glöggvu
genitive glöggs glöggrar glöggs
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative glöggir, glöggvir glöggar, glöggvar glögg
accusative glögga, glöggva
dative glöggum, glöggvum
genitive glöggra
weak declension
(definite) 		singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative glöggi, glöggvi glögga, glöggva glögga, glöggva
acc/dat/gen glögga, glöggva glöggu, glöggvu
plural (all-case) glöggu, glöggvu
comparative forms of glöggur (umlauted-comp)
weak declension
(definite) 		masculine feminine neuter
singular (all-case) gleggri, glöggari, glöggvari gleggri, glöggari, glöggvari gleggra, glöggara, glöggvara
plural (all-case) gleggri, glöggari, glöggvari
superlative forms of glöggur (umlauted-comp)
strong declension
(indefinite) 		singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative gleggstur, glöggastur, glöggvastur gleggst, glöggust, glöggvust gleggst, glöggast, glöggvast
accusative gleggstan, glöggastan, glöggvastan gleggsta, glöggasta, glöggvasta
dative gleggstum, glöggustum, glöggvustum gleggstri, glöggastri, glöggvastri gleggstu, glöggustu, glöggvustu
genitive gleggsts, glöggasts, glöggvasts gleggstrar, glöggastrar, glöggvastrar gleggsts, glöggasts, glöggvasts
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative gleggstir, glöggastir, glöggvastir gleggstar, glöggastar, glöggvastar gleggst, glöggust, glöggvust
accusative gleggsta, glöggasta, glöggvasta
dative gleggstum, glöggustum, glöggvustum
genitive gleggstra, glöggastra, glöggvastra
weak declension
(definite) 		singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative gleggsti, glöggasti, glöggvasti gleggsta, glöggasta, glöggvasta gleggsta, glöggasta, glöggvasta
acc/dat/gen gleggsta, glöggasta, glöggvasta gleggstu, glöggustu, glöggvustu
plural (all-case) gleggstu, glöggustu, glöggvustu

Derived terms

References

  • Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)
  • Kristín Bjarnadóttir, editor (2002–2025), “glöggur”, in Beygingarlýsing íslensks nútímamáls [The Database of Modern Icelandic Inflection] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies
  • Mörður Árnason (2019) Íslensk orðabók, 5th edition, Reykjavík: Forlagið
  • “glöggur” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)
  • “glöggur”, in Ritmálssafn Orðabókar Háskólans [The Written Collection of the Lexicological Institute] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, (Can we date this quote?)
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