egðir

Old Norse

Etymology

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Noun

egðir m pl

  1. the inhabitants of Agðir
    • c. 1070, Steinn Herdísarson, Ólafsdrápa stanza 6.3:
      ætt þreifsk egða dróttins
      the clan of the Lord of the egðir (Norwegian king = saint Olaf) has prospered

Declension

Declension of egðir (strong i-stem, s-genitive, plural only)
masculine plural
indefinite definite
nominative egðir egðirnir
accusative egði egðina
dative egðum egðunum
genitive egða egðanna
  • Agðir

Descendants

  • Norwegian Nynorsk: egd m, egde m
  • Norwegian Bokmål: egd m, egde m

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “egðir”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive
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