dyggr
Old Norse
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From an adjective related to Proto-Germanic *duganą (“to be useful, to avail”).
Adjective
[edit]dyggr (accusative dyggvan)
Declension
[edit] Strong declension of dyggr
| singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | dyggr | dygg | dyggt |
| accusative | dyggvan | dyggva | dyggt |
| dative | dyggum | dyggri | dyggu |
| genitive | dyggs | dyggrar | dyggs |
| plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
| nominative | dyggvir | dyggvar | dygg |
| accusative | dyggva | dyggvar | dygg |
| dative | dyggum | dyggum | dyggum |
| genitive | dyggra | dyggra | dyggra |
Weak declension of dyggr
Declension of comparative of dyggr
| singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | dyggvari | dyggvari | dyggvara |
| accusative | dyggvara | dyggvari | dyggvara |
| dative | dyggvara | dyggvari | dyggvara |
| genitive | dyggvara | dyggvari | dyggvara |
| plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
| nominative | dyggvari | dyggvari | dyggvari |
| accusative | dyggvari | dyggvari | dyggvari |
| dative | dyggurum | dyggurum | dyggurum |
| genitive | dyggvari | dyggvari | dyggvari |
Strong declension of superlative of dyggr
| singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | dyggvastr | dyggust | dyggvast |
| accusative | dyggvastan | dyggvasta | dyggvast |
| dative | dyggustum | dyggvastri | dyggustu |
| genitive | dyggvasts | dyggvastrar | dyggvasts |
| plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
| nominative | dyggvastir | dyggvastar | dyggust |
| accusative | dyggvasta | dyggvastar | dyggust |
| dative | dyggustum | dyggustum | dyggustum |
| genitive | dyggvastra | dyggvastra | dyggvastra |
Weak declension of superlative of dyggr
| singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | dyggvasti | dyggvasta | dyggvasta |
| accusative | dyggvasta | dyggustu | dyggvasta |
| dative | dyggvasta | dyggustu | dyggvasta |
| genitive | dyggvasta | dyggustu | dyggvasta |
| plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
| nominative | dyggustu | dyggustu | dyggustu |
| accusative | dyggustu | dyggustu | dyggustu |
| dative | dyggustum | dyggustum | dyggustum |
| genitive | dyggustu | dyggustu | dyggustu |
Derived terms
[edit]- dyggleikr (“faithfulness, probity”)
Descendants
[edit]- Icelandic: dyggur
Further reading
[edit]- Richard Cleasby, Guðbrandur Vigfússon (1874) “dyggr”, in An Icelandic-English Dictionary, 1st edition, Oxford: Oxford Clarendon Press