ægir

See also: aegir, Aegir, Ægir, and œgir

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaiːjɪr/
• Rhymes: -aiːjɪr

  Homophone: Ægir, æir

Noun

ægir m (genitive singular ægis, no plural)

1. (poetic) sea

   Ægi blása vindar.

   The sea is blown by winds.

Declension

Declension of ægir (sg-only masculine)

	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	ægir	ægirinn
accusative	ægi	æginn
dative	ægi	æginum
genitive	ægis	ægisins

Synonyms

• (sea): haf n, sjór m, sjár m, sær m, mar m, úthaf n, viddi m (rare), frónband n (poetic)

Old Norse

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Norse *ēgweʀ(?) from Proto-Germanic *āhwijaz.

Noun

ægir m (genitive ægis)

1. the sea, ocean, main
2. liquid, fluid

   ægir hjarna

   brain fluid

Declension

Declension of ægir (strong ija-stem, singular only)

masculine	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	ægir	ægirinn
accusative	ægi	æginn
dative	ægi	æginum
genitive	ægis	ægisins

Derived terms

• ægisandr m (“sea-sand”)
• Ægir

Descendants

• Icelandic: Ægir, ægir
• Faroese: ægir

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “ægir”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 524; also available at the Internet Archive