belgr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *balgiz (“bag”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵʰ- (“to swell”).

Noun

belgr m (genitive belgjar, plural belgir)

  1. the skin (of a quadruped) taken off whole
  2. a skin-bag, skin-case
  3. bellows

Declension
  Declension of belgr (strong i-stem, s and ar-genitives)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative belgr belgrinn belgir belgirnir
accusative belg belginn belgi belgina
dative belg belginum belgjum belgjunum
genitive belgjar, belgs belgjarins, belgsins belgja belgjanna

Descendants

References
  • belgr in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.