belgr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *balgiz (“bag”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵʰ- (“to swell”).

Noun

belgr m (genitive belgjar, plural belgir)

  1. the skin (of a quadruped) taken off whole
  2. a skin-bag, skin-case (clarification of this definition is needed)
  3. bellows (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Declension
  Declension of belgr (strong i-stem, s and ar-genitives)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative belgr belgrinn belgir belgirnir
accusative belg belginn belgi belgina
dative belg belginum belgjum belgjunum
genitive belgjar, belgs belgjarins, belgsins belgja belgjanna

Descendants
  • Icelandic: belgur
  • Faroese: bjølgur
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: belg; (dialectal) bæg’e, balg
  • Old Swedish: bælgher
  • Danish: bælg
    • Norwegian Bokmål: belg
  • Gutnish: bälg, bölg
  • → Scots: belya, beli, bella, belja, belli

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