Noregr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Old Norse Norvegr (“north way”), Norðvegr, from norðr (“north”) + vegr (“way”), contrasted with suðrvegr (“south way”), i.e. Germany, and austrvegr (“east way”), the Baltic lands.

Noun

Noregr m (genitive Noregs)

1. Norway

Further reading

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