lǫgr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *laguz from Proto-Indo-European *lókus (“lake, pond”), whence also Latin lacus.

Noun

lǫgr m (genitive lagar, dative legi, plural legir)

1. sea, lake
2. water, any liquid

Declension

Declension of lǫgr (strong u-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	lǫgr	lǫgrinn	legir	legirnir
accusative	lǫg	lǫginn	lǫgu	lǫguna
dative	legi	leginum	lǫgum	lǫgunum
genitive	lagar	lagarins	laga	laganna

Descendants

• Icelandic: lögur
• Norwegian Nynorsk: log
• Norwegian Bokmål: låg
• Old Swedish: lagher
  • Swedish: lag

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “lögr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 283; also available at the Internet Archive