ᛡᚱᛡᚷᛖᚢ
Proto-Norse
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Germanic *argijǭ, jōn-stem derivative of *argaz (“unmanly, cowardly”). This word may have coexisted with the ancestor of Old Norse ergi, or even be the ancestor of it through a change in the declension.
The A present in between r and g represents a svarabhakti (epenthetic) vowel, which however is not seen in the Old Norse orthography (arg-/erg-) or in cognate words (such as Old English earg, Old High German arg). Compare ᚢᚦᛡᚱᛡᛒᛡ (uþᴀrᴀbᴀ /ūþarᵃβa/), ᚺᚨᚱᚨᛒᚨᚾᚨᛉ (harabanaʀ /hᵃrabᵃnaʀ/).
Noun
[edit]ᛡᚱᛡᚷᛖᚢ (ᴀrᴀgeu /arᵃgju/) f (dative/instrumental singular)
- effeminacy, unmanliness, wickedness; see ergi
- 7th century, Stentoften runestone
- […] ᚺᛖᚱᚼᛗᚼᛚᚼᛋᚼᛦᚼᚱᚼᚷᛖᚢᚹᛖᛚᚼᛞᚢᛞᛋᚼᚦᚼᛏᛒᚼᚱᛁᚢᛏᛁᚦ
[…] herᴀmᴀlᴀsᴀʀᴀrᴀgeuwelᴀdudsᴀþᴀtbᴀriutiþ- […] herᵃmalausaʀ arᵃgiu wēladaud sa þat bᵃriutiþ.
- […] restless because of effeminacy, [afflicted] with insidious death, [will be] he who destroys this.
- 7th century, Björketorp runestone:
- […] ᚼᚱᚼᚷᛖᚢ ¶ ᚺᚼᛖᚱᚼᛗᚼᛚᚼᚢᛋᛉ ¶ ᚢᛏᛁᚼᛉᚹᛖᛚᚼᛞᚼᚢᛞᛖ ¶ ᛋᚼᛉᚦᚼᛏᛒᚼᚱᚢᛏᛉ
[…] ᴀrᴀgeu ¶ hᴀerᴀmᴀlᴀusʀ ¶ utiᴀʀwelᴀdᴀude ¶ sᴀʀþᴀtbᴀrutʀ- […] arᵃgiu hearᵃmalausʀ [utiᴀʀ] wēladauðē, sa’ʀ þat bᵃrȳtʀ.
- […] restless because of effeminacy, [utiᴀʀ,] [afflicted] with insidious death, [will be] he who destroys this.
- 7th century, Stentoften runestone