bjarg

Faroese

Vestmannabjørgini - Vestmanna cliffs

Etymology

From Old Norse bjarg, from Proto-Germanic *bergaz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ-.

Noun

bjarg n (genitive singular bjargs, plural bjørg)

1. (poetic) cliff

Declension

n5	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	bjarg	bjargið	bjørg	bjørgini
accusative	bjarg	bjargið	bjørg	bjørgini
dative	bjargi	bjarginum	bjørgum	bjørgunum
genitive	bjargs	bjargsins	bjarga	bjarganna

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *bergaz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ-.

Noun

bjarg n (genitive bjargs, plural bjǫrg)

1. Alternative form of berg

Declension

Declension of bjarg (strong a-stem)

neuter	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	bjarg	bjargit	bjǫrg	bjǫrgin
accusative	bjarg	bjargit	bjǫrg	bjǫrgin
dative	bjargi	bjarginu	bjǫrgum	bjǫrgunum
genitive	bjargs	bjargsins	bjarga	bjarganna

Further reading

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