sauðr

Old Norse

Alternative forms

• seyðr — < *sauþiz

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *sauþaz, whence also Gothic 𐍃𐌰𐌿𐌸𐍃 (sauþs, “sacrifice”).

Noun

sauðr m (genitive sauðar, plural sauðir)

1. sheep (Ovis)

   Synonym: fær

Declension

  Declension of sauðr (strong i-stem, s and ar-genitives)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	sauðr	sauðrinn	sauðir	sauðirnir
accusative	sauð	sauðinn	sauði	sauðina
dative	sauð	sauðinum	sauðum	sauðunum
genitive	sauðar, sauðs	sauðarins, sauðsins	sauða	sauðanna

Descendants

• Icelandic: sauður
• Faroese: seyður
• Norwegian Nynorsk: sau, saud; (dialectal) saud’e
  • → Norwegian Bokmål: sau
• Jamtish: souð
• Elfdalian: suð
• Old Swedish: sø̄þer
  • Swedish: söd, sö (dialectal)
• Old Gutnish: sauþr, soyþr
• → Greenlandic: sava