uggligr

Old Norse

Etymology

From uggr (fear) +‎ -ligr.

Adjective

uggligr

1. feared
2. doubtful, questionable

Declension

    Strong declension of uggligr

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	uggligr	ugglig	uggligt
accusative	uggligan	uggliga	uggligt
dative	uggligum	uggligri	uggligu
genitive	uggligs	uggligrar	uggligs
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	uggligir	uggligar	ugglig
accusative	uggliga	uggligar	ugglig
dative	uggligum	uggligum	uggligum
genitive	uggligra	uggligra	uggligra

    Weak declension of uggligr

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	uggligi	uggliga	uggliga
accusative	uggliga	uggligu	uggliga
dative	uggliga	uggligu	uggliga
genitive	uggliga	uggligu	uggliga
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	uggligu	uggligu	uggligu
accusative	uggligu	uggligu	uggligu
dative	uggligum	uggligum	uggligum
genitive	uggligu	uggligu	uggligu

    Declension of comparative of uggligr

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	uggligari	uggligari	uggligara
accusative	uggligara	uggligari	uggligara
dative	uggligara	uggligari	uggligara
genitive	uggligara	uggligari	uggligara
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	uggligari	uggligari	uggligari
accusative	uggligari	uggligari	uggligari
dative	uggligurum	uggligurum	uggligurum
genitive	uggligari	uggligari	uggligari

    Strong declension of superlative of uggligr

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	uggligastr	uggligust	uggligast
accusative	uggligastan	uggligasta	uggligast
dative	uggligustum	uggligastri	uggligustu
genitive	uggligasts	uggligastrar	uggligasts
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	uggligastir	uggligastar	uggligust
accusative	uggligasta	uggligastar	uggligust
dative	uggligustum	uggligustum	uggligustum
genitive	uggligastra	uggligastra	uggligastra

    Weak declension of superlative of uggligr

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	uggligasti	uggligasta	uggligasta
accusative	uggligasta	uggligustu	uggligasta
dative	uggligasta	uggligustu	uggligasta
genitive	uggligasta	uggligustu	uggligasta
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	uggligustu	uggligustu	uggligustu
accusative	uggligustu	uggligustu	uggligustu
dative	uggligustum	uggligustum	uggligustum
genitive	uggligustu	uggligustu	uggligustu

Related terms

• ógurligr
• ógnarligr

Descendants

• Icelandic: ugglegur
• Norwegian: uggleg
• → Middle English: ugly, uggely, uglike
  • English: ugly, ougly (obsolete)
    • Sranan Tongo: ogri

References

• “uggligr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic‎^[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press