fagr

Gothic

Romanization

fagr

1. Romanization of 𐍆𐌰𐌲𐍂

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *fagraz, whence also Old English fæġer ( > English fair), Old Saxon fagar, Old High German fagar, Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐌲𐍂𐍃 (fagrs). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂ḱ- (“to fasten, place”). Non-Germanic cognates include Latin pulcher and Slovak pekný (“nice”).

Adjective

fagr (comparative fagrari, superlative fagrastr) or
fagr (comparative fegri, superlative fegrstr)

1. beautiful, fair

Declension

    Strong declension of fagr

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	fagr	fǫgr	fagrt
accusative	fagran	fagra	fagrt
dative	fǫgrum	fagri	fǫgru
genitive	fagrs	fagrar	fagrs
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	fagrir	fagrar	fǫgr
accusative	fagra	fagrar	fǫgr
dative	fǫgrum	fǫgrum	fǫgrum
genitive	fagra	fagra	fagra

    Weak declension of fagr

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	fagri	fagra	fagra
accusative	fagra	fǫgru	fagra
dative	fagra	fǫgru	fagra
genitive	fagra	fǫgru	fagra
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	fǫgru	fǫgru	fǫgru
accusative	fǫgru	fǫgru	fǫgru
dative	fǫgrum	fǫgrum	fǫgrum
genitive	fǫgru	fǫgru	fǫgru

    Declension of comparative of fagr

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	fegri	fegri	fegra
accusative	fegra	fegri	fegra
dative	fegra	fegri	fegra
genitive	fegra	fegri	fegra
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	fegri	fegri	fegri
accusative	fegri	fegri	fegri
dative	fegrum	fegrum	fegrum
genitive	fegri	fegri	fegri

    Strong declension of superlative of fagr

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	fegrstr	fegrst	fegrst
accusative	fegrstan	fegrsta	fegrst
dative	fegrstum	fegrstri	fegrstu
genitive	fegrsts	fegrstrar	fegrsts
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	fegrstir	fegrstar	fegrst
accusative	fegrsta	fegrstar	fegrst
dative	fegrstum	fegrstum	fegrstum
genitive	fegrstra	fegrstra	fegrstra

    Weak declension of superlative of fagr

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	fegrsti	fegrsta	fegrsta
accusative	fegrsta	fegrstu	fegrsta
dative	fegrsta	fegrstu	fegrsta
genitive	fegrsta	fegrstu	fegrsta
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	fegrstu	fegrstu	fegrstu
accusative	fegrstu	fegrstu	fegrstu
dative	fegrstum	fegrstum	fegrstum
genitive	fegrstu	fegrstu	fegrstu

Descendants

• Icelandic: fagur
• Faroese: fagur
• Norn: feg, fåg, feger
• Norwegian Nynorsk: fager, fagr; (dialectal) fagur
• Old Swedish: fagher
  • Swedish: fager
• Old Danish: faghær
  • Danish: fager, feir, fauer, faver, favr
  • Norwegian Bokmål: fager

Further reading

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