ylgr
Appearance
Old Norse
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Germanic *wulgī, from Proto-Indo-European *wl̥kʷíh₂s (“she-wolf”), from *wĺ̥kʷos (“wolf”), whence ulfr (“wolf”). Cognate with Sanskrit वृकी (vṛkī, “she-wolf”), Lithuanian vìlkė (“she-wolf”) and Proto-Slavic *vьlčìca.
Noun
[edit]ylgr f (genitive ylgjar, dative ylgi, plural ylgjar)
Declension
[edit]feminine | singular | plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | ylgr | ylgrin | ylgjar | ylgjarnar |
accusative | ylgi | ylgina | ylgjar | ylgjarnar |
dative | ylgi | ylginni | ylgjum | ylgjunum |
genitive | ylgjar | ylgjarinnar | ylgja | ylgjanna |
Descendants
[edit]- Icelandic: ylgur
Further reading
[edit]- Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “ylgr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive