slœgr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *slōgiz (“able to strike; clever”).

Pronunciation

(12th century Icelandic) IPA^(key): /ˈsløːɣr̩/

Adjective

slœgr

crafty, cunning, sly

Declension

Strong declension of slœgr

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	slœgr	slœg	slœgt
accusative	slœgjan	slœgja	slœgt
dative	slœgjum	slœgri	slœgju
genitive	slœgs	slœgrar	slœgs
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	slœgir	slœgjar	slœg
accusative	slœgja	slœgjar	slœg
dative	slœgjum	slœgjum	slœgjum
genitive	slœgra	slœgra	slœgra

Weak declension of slœgr

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	slœgi	slœgja	slœgja
accusative	slœgja	slœgju	slœgja
dative	slœgja	slœgju	slœgja
genitive	slœgja	slœgju	slœgja
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	slœgju	slœgju	slœgju
accusative	slœgju	slœgju	slœgju
dative	slœgjum	slœgjum	slœgjum
genitive	slœgju	slœgju	slœgju

Descendants

Icelandic: slægur
Norwegian Nynorsk: sløg
Old Danish: sløw
- Danish: sløv (obsolete)
Old Swedish: sløgher
- Swedish: slug
Westrobothnian: slög, -slög, -slökt
→ Middle English: sley, sly
- Scots: sley, sleye, sley
- English: sly

References

"slœgr", Geir T. Zoëga (1910), A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford at the Claredon Press, page 390

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