glöggur

See also: gløggur

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse glǫggr, gløggr, from Proto-Germanic *glawwaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈklœkːʏr/

  Rhymes: -œkːʏr

Adjective

glöggur (comparative gleggri or glöggari or glöggvari, superlative gleggstur or glöggastur or glöggvastur)

1. perceptive, perspicacious, acute

   Synonym: skarpskyggn

2. clear

   Synonyms: greinilegur, skýr

Declension

positive forms of glöggur (umlauted-comp)

strong declension (indefinite)	singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	glöggur	glögg	glöggt
	accusative	glöggan, glöggvan	glögga, glöggva
	dative	glöggum, glöggvum	glöggri	glöggu, glöggvu
	genitive	glöggs	glöggrar	glöggs
	plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	glöggir, glöggvir	glöggar, glöggvar	glögg
	accusative	glögga, glöggva
	dative	glöggum, glöggvum
	genitive	glöggra
weak declension (definite)	singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	glöggi, glöggvi	glögga, glöggva	glögga, glöggva
	acc/dat/gen	glögga, glöggva	glöggu, glöggvu
	plural (all-case)	glöggu, glöggvu

comparative forms of glöggur (umlauted-comp)

weak declension (definite)		masculine	feminine	neuter
	singular (all-case)	gleggri, glöggari, glöggvari	gleggri, glöggari, glöggvari	gleggra, glöggara, glöggvara
	plural (all-case)	gleggri, glöggari, glöggvari

superlative forms of glöggur (umlauted-comp)

strong declension (indefinite)	singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	gleggstur, glöggastur, glöggvastur	gleggst, glöggust, glöggvust	gleggst, glöggast, glöggvast
	accusative	gleggstan, glöggastan, glöggvastan	gleggsta, glöggasta, glöggvasta
	dative	gleggstum, glöggustum, glöggvustum	gleggstri, glöggastri, glöggvastri	gleggstu, glöggustu, glöggvustu
	genitive	gleggsts, glöggasts, glöggvasts	gleggstrar, glöggastrar, glöggvastrar	gleggsts, glöggasts, glöggvasts
	plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	gleggstir, glöggastir, glöggvastir	gleggstar, glöggastar, glöggvastar	gleggst, glöggust, glöggvust
	accusative	gleggsta, glöggasta, glöggvasta
	dative	gleggstum, glöggustum, glöggvustum
	genitive	gleggstra, glöggastra, glöggvastra
weak declension (definite)	singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	gleggsti, glöggasti, glöggvasti	gleggsta, glöggasta, glöggvasta	gleggsta, glöggasta, glöggvasta
	acc/dat/gen	gleggsta, glöggasta, glöggvasta	gleggstu, glöggustu, glöggvustu
	plural (all-case)	gleggstu, glöggustu, glöggvustu

Derived terms

• glöggt er gestsaugað (“a guest may be perspicacious to things overlooked by locals”)
• mannglöggur (“good at recognizing people”)

References

• Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)
• Kristín Bjarnadóttir, editor (2002–2025), “glöggur”, in Beygingarlýsing íslensks nútímamáls [The Database of Modern Icelandic Inflection] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies
• Mörður Árnason (2019) Íslensk orðabók, 5th edition, Reykjavík: Forlagið
• “glöggur” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)
• “glöggur”, in Ritmálssafn Orðabókar Háskólans [The Written Collection of the Lexicological Institute] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, (Can we date this quote?)