hǫrgr
Old Norse
FWOTD – 30 April 2015
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *harugaz (“sanctuary, cairn, grove”). Cognate with Old English hearg, hearga, Old High German harug, haruc, haruch. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱarǝk- (“fenced or enclosed area”).
Pronunciation
- (12th century Icelandic) IPA(key): /ˈhɒrɣr̩/
Noun
hǫrgr m (genitive hǫrgs, plural hǫrgar)
- (Heathenry) a sanctuary, cairn, altar
- Hyndluljóð, verse 10, lines 1-2, in 1860, T. Möbius, Edda Sæmundar hins fróða: mit einem Anhang zum Theil bisher ungedruckter Gedichte. Leipzig, page 83:
- Hörg hann mér gerði / hlaðinn steinum, […]
- For me a cairn / of stones he made, […]
- Hyndluljóð, verse 10, lines 1-2, in 1860, T. Möbius, Edda Sæmundar hins fróða: mit einem Anhang zum Theil bisher ungedruckter Gedichte. Leipzig, page 83:
Declension
Declension of hǫrgr (strong a-stem)
masculine | singular | plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | hǫrgr | hǫrgrinn | hǫrgar | hǫrgarnir |
accusative | hǫrg | hǫrginn | hǫrga | hǫrgana |
dative | hǫrgi | hǫrginum | hǫrgum | hǫrgunum |
genitive | hǫrgs | hǫrgsins | hǫrga | hǫrganna |
Derived terms
Terms derived from hǫrgr
- blóthǫrgr (“sacrificial altar”)
- brúnahǫrgr (“head”)
- gunnhǫrgr (“helmet”)
Descendants
- Danish: harg c, hørg c
- Faroese: hørgur m
- Icelandic: hörgur m
- Norwegian Bokmål: horg m
- Norwegian Nynorsk: horg m
- Swedish: harg c, horg c, horv c (Old Swedish hargher m)
References
- hǫrgr in An Icelandic-English Dictionary, R. Cleasby and G. Vigfússon, Clarendon Press, 1874, at Internet Archive.
- hǫrgr in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.
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