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] Declension of ylgr (strong ijō-stem)
Descendants
[edit]- Icelandic: ylgur
References
[edit]- “ylgr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press