skegg

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse skegg, from Proto-Germanic *skaggiją, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kek-, *(s)keg- (“to jump, skip, move, hurry”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃɛkː/

Noun

skegg n (genitive singular skegs, plural skegg)

1. beard

Declension

Declension of skegg (n9)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	skegg	skeggið	skegg	skeggini
accusative	skegg	skeggið	skegg	skeggini
dative	skeggi	skegginum	skeggum	skeggunum
genitive	skegs	skegsins	skegga	skegganna

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse skegg, from Proto-Germanic *skaggiją, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kek-, *(s)keg- (“to jump, skip, move, hurry”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /scɛkː/

  Rhymes: -ɛkː

Noun

skegg n (genitive singular skeggs, nominative plural skegg)

1. a beard

Declension

Declension of skegg (neuter)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	skegg	skeggið	skegg	skeggin
accusative	skegg	skeggið	skegg	skeggin
dative	skeggi	skegginu	skeggjum	skeggjunum
genitive	skeggs	skeggsins	skeggja	skeggjanna

Derived terms

• deila um keisarans skegg
• hófskegg
• hreðjaskegg

See also

• granstæði
• hár
• horlopi
• hýjungur
• mumpur
• skeggstæði

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *skagją. Related to Old English sceacga (English shag). Cognate with skógr (“forest”) and Old English sceaga (English shaw).

Noun

skegg n

1. beard

Declension

Declension of skegg (strong ja-stem)

neuter	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	skegg	skeggit	skegg	skeggin
accusative	skegg	skeggit	skegg	skeggin
dative	skeggi	skegginu	skeggjum	skeggjunum
genitive	skeggs	skeggsins	skeggja	skeggjanna

Derived terms

• skeggǫx

Descendants

• Icelandic: skegg
• Faroese: skegg
• Norwegian: skjegg
• Old Swedish: skæg
  • Swedish: skägg
• Danish: skæg

Further reading

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