styggr

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Old Norse

Etymology

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Adjective

styggr

  1. shy

Declension

Strong declension of styggr
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative styggr stygg stygt, styggt
accusative styggvan styggva stygt, styggt
dative styggum styggri styggu
genitive styggs styggrar styggs
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative styggvir styggvar stygg
accusative styggva styggvar stygg
dative styggum styggum styggum
genitive styggra styggra styggra
Weak declension of styggr
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative styggvi styggva styggva
accusative styggva styggu styggva
dative styggva styggu styggva
genitive styggva styggu styggva
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative styggu styggu styggu
accusative styggu styggu styggu
dative styggum styggum styggum
genitive styggu styggu styggu

Descendants

  • Icelandic: styggur
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: stygg
  • Norwegian Bokmål: stygg
  • Old Swedish: stygger
  • Danish: styg

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “styggr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive