eygr

Old Norse

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Norse ᚨᚢᚷᛁᛉ (augiʀ) (attested in ᚷᛚᛇᚨᚢᚷᛁᛉ (glïaugiʀ, “gleaming-eyed”)). The -ð- is due to confusion with past participles.

Adjective

eygr

  1. (in compounds) having eyes of a certain kind

Declension
    Strong declension of eygr
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative eygr eyg eygt
accusative eygan eyga eygt
dative eygum eygri eygu
genitive eygs eygrar eygs
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative eygir eygar eyg
accusative eyga eygar eyg
dative eygum eygum eygum
genitive eygra eygra eygra
    Weak declension of eygr
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative eygi eyga eyga
accusative eyga eygu eyga
dative eyga eygu eyga
genitive eyga eygu eyga
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative eygu eygu eygu
accusative eygu eygu eygu
dative eygum eygum eygum
genitive eygu eygu eygu

Derived terms
  • veðreygr (“stormy-eyed”)

References
  • “eygr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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