belgr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *balgiz (“bag”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵʰ- (“to swell”).

Noun

belgr m (genitive belgjar, plural belgir)

1. the skin (of a quadruped) taken off whole
2. a skin-bag, skin-case (clarification of this definition is needed)
3. bellows (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Declension

Declension of belgr (strong i-stem, s and ar-genitives)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	belgr	belgrinn	belgir	belgirnir
accusative	belg	belginn	belgi	belgina
dative	belg	belginum	belgjum	belgjunum
genitive	belgjar, belgs	belgjarins, belgsins	belgja	belgjanna

Descendants

• Icelandic: belgur
• Faroese: bjølgur
• Norwegian Nynorsk: belg; (dialectal) bæg’e, balg
• Old Swedish: bælgher, ᛒᛅᛚᚵᚼᚽᚱ
  • Swedish: bälg
• Danish: bælg
  • Norwegian Bokmål: belg
• Gutnish: bälg, bölg
• → Scots: belya, beli, bella, belja, belli

Further reading

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