veggr

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Old Norse

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Norse *ᚹᚨᚷᛃᚢᛉ (*wagjuʀ /⁠waggjuʀ⁠/), from Proto-Germanic *wajjuz. Originally a u-stem, but reanalyzed as an i-stem.

Noun

veggr m

wall

Declension

Declension of veggr (strong i-stem, s and ar-genitives)

masculine	singular		plural
masculine	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	veggr	veggrinn	veggir	veggirnir
accusative	vegg	vegginn	veggi	veggina
dative	vegg	vegginum	veggjum	veggjunum
genitive	veggjar, veggs	veggjarins, veggsins	veggja	veggjanna

Derived terms

gunnveggr m (“shield-wall”)

Descendants

Icelandic: veggur
Faroese: veggur
Norwegian Bokmål: vegg
Norwegian Nynorsk: vegg
Elfdalian: wegg
Old Swedish: væg, vægger
- Swedish: vägg, vägge (dialectal)
Old Danish: wæg
- Danish: væg, vægge, vegg
- Scanian: vægg
Gutnish: vägg
→ Scots: wig, veggel, wugrum

References

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

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