dǿgr

Old Norse

Alternative forms

• dœgr

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *dōgaz, a z-stem vṛddhi-formation to *dagaz (whence dagr). Related to dǿgn. Cognate with Old English dœg, dōgor.

Noun

dǿgr n (genitive dǿgrs, plural dǿgr)

1. a twelve-hour period; a half-day
2. (in the plural) night and day

   dǿgr mǿtask nú

   now night and day meet

   í degi dægr tvau, í dægri stundir tólf

   in a day two half-days; in a half-day twelve hours

Declension

Declension of dǿgr (strong a-stem)

neuter	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	dǿgr	dǿgrit	dǿgr	dǿgrin
accusative	dǿgr	dǿgrit	dǿgr	dǿgrin
dative	dǿgri	dǿgrinu	dǿgrum	dǿgrunum
genitive	dǿgrs	dǿgrsins	dǿgra	dǿgranna

Descendants

• Icelandic: dægur
• Faroese: -døgur
• Norwegian Nynorsk: døger
• Old Swedish: dø̄gher
• Old Danish: dø̄ghær
• ⇒ Old Norse: dǿgn n
  • Old Swedish: dø̄ghn
    • Swedish: dygn
  • Old Danish: dø̄ghær, dø̄gn
    • Danish: døgn
      • Norwegian Bokmål: døgn
        • →? Norwegian Nynorsk: døgn

Further reading

• Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)
• Richard Cleasby, Guðbrandur Vigfússon (1874) “dægr”, in An Icelandic-English Dictionary, 1st edition, Oxford: Oxford Clarendon Press
• “dǿgr” in Dictionary of Old Norse Prose (ONP) at University of Copenhagen