veggr

See also: Veggr

Old Norse

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Norse *ᚹᚨᚷᛃᚢᛉ (*wagjuʀ /⁠waggjuʀ⁠/), from Proto-Germanic *wajjuz. Originally a u-stem, but reanalyzed as an i-stem.

Noun

veggr m

1. wall

Declension

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

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	veggr	veggrinn	veggir	veggirnir
accusative	vegg	vegginn	veggi	veggina
dative	vegg	vegginum	veggjum	veggjunum
genitive	veggjar, veggs	veggjarins, veggsins	veggja	veggjanna

Derived terms

• gunnveggr m (“shield-wall”)

Descendants

• Icelandic: veggur
• Faroese: veggur
• Norwegian Bokmål: vegg
• Norwegian Nynorsk: vegg
• Elfdalian: wegg
• Old Swedish: væg, vægger
  • Swedish: vägg, vägge (dialectal)
• Old Danish: wæg
  • Danish: væg, vægge, vegg
  • Scanian: vægg
• Gutnish: vägg
• → Scots: wig, veggel, wugrum

Further reading

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