hungr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hunhruz, whence also Old English hungor, Old Saxon hungar and Old High German hungar.

Noun

hungr n

1. hunger

Descendants

• Icelandic: hungur
• Faroese: hungur
• Norwegian: hunger
• Old Swedish: hunger
  • Swedish: hunger
• Danish: hunger

Further reading

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