skógr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *skōgaz.

Noun

skógr m (genitive skógar, plural skógar)

1. wood, forest

Declension

Declension of skógr (strong a-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	skógr	skógrinn	skógar	skógarnir
accusative	skóg	skóginn	skóga	skógana
dative	skógi	skóginum	skógum	skógunum
genitive	skógar, skógs	skógarins, skógsins	skóga	skóganna

Descendants

• Icelandic: skógur
• Faroese: skógvur, skógur
• Norwegian:

  Norwegian Bokmål: skog, skau

  Norwegian Nynorsk: skog

• Old Swedish: skōgher
  • Swedish: skog
• Old Danish: skogh
  • Danish: skov
•  Old Gutnish: skogr
• → Middle English: scogh, scough
  • English: scaw (dialectal)

Further reading

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