skógr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *skōgaz.

Noun

skógr m (genitive skógar, plural skógar)

  1. wood, forest

Declension
  Declension of skógr (strong a-stem)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative skógr skógrinn skógar skógarnir
accusative skóg skóginn skóga skógana
dative skógi skóginum skógum skógunum
genitive skógar, skógs skógarins, skógsins skóga skóganna

Descendants
  • Icelandic: skógur m
  • Faroese: skógvur m, skógur m
  • Norwegian Bokmål: skog m, skau m
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: skog m
  • Old Swedish: skōgher m
  • Old Danish: skogh m
  •  Old Gutnish: skogr
  • → Middle English: scogh, scough
    • English: scaw (dialectal)

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