hegri
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Hegri.
Mynd af hegra. (“A picture of a heron.”)
Faroese
Etymology
From Old Norse hegri, from Proto-Germanic *haigrô, metathesis of *hraigrô, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kreik-, *(s)kreig- (“to screech, creak”).
Pronunciation
Noun
hegri m (genitive singular hegra, plural hegrar)
Declension
| m1 | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | hegri | hegrin | hegrar | hegrarnir |
| accusative | hegra | hegran | hegrar | hegrarnar |
| dative | hegra | hegranum | hegrum | hegrunum |
| genitive | hegra | hegrans | hegra | hegranna |
Derived terms
Related terms
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse hegri, from Proto-Germanic *haigrô, metathesis of *hraigrô, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kreik-, *(s)kreig- (“to screech, creak”).
Pronunciation
Noun
hegri m (genitive singular hegra, nominative plural hegrar)
- a heron
Declension
Derived terms
- bláhegri
- fiskhegri
- fiskihegri
- gráhegri
- Hegrabjarg
- hegrafjöður
- hegrakló
- hegranef
- Hegranes
- hegranessýsla
- Hegranesþing
- Hegrastaðir
- hegrategund
- hegraætt
- Hegrinn
- kolahegri
- kúhegri
- minnishegri
- mjallhegri
- nátthegri
- óminnishegri
- sefhegri
- silkihegri
- stjörnuhegri
Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *haigrô.
Noun
hegri m
Declension
| masculine | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | hegri | hegrinn | hegrar | hegrarnir |
| accusative | hegra | hegrann | hegra | hegrana |
| dative | hegra | hegranum | hegrum | hegrunum |
| genitive | hegra | hegrans | hegra | hegranna |
Descendants
Further reading
- Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “hegri”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive