vegr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wegaz, whence also Old English weġ (English way), Old Saxon weg (Low German Weg), Old Dutch weg (Dutch weg), Old High German weg (modern German Weg), Gothic 𐍅𐌹𐌲𐍃 (wigs). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ-.

Noun

vegr m (genitive vegar, plural vegir)

way, road

Declension

Declension of vegr (strong i-stem, ar-genitive)

masculine	singular		plural
masculine	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	vegr	vegrinn	vegir	vegirnir
accusative	veg	veginn	vegi	vegina
dative	vegi	veginum	vegum	vegunum
genitive	vegar	vegarins	vega	veganna

Declension of vegr (strong i-stem, s-genitive)

masculine	singular		plural
masculine	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	vegr	vegrinn	vegir	vegirnir
accusative	veg	veginn	vegi	vegina
dative	vegi	veginum	vegum	vegunum
genitive	vegs	vegarins	vega	veganna

Descendants

Danish: vej
Faroese: vegur
Icelandic: vegur
Norwegian: vei, veg (Bokmål), veg (Nynorsk)
Swedish: väg

References

vegr in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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