dǿgr

Old Norse

Alternative forms

• dœgr

Etymology

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Noun

dǿgr n (genitive dǿgrs, plural dǿgr)

1. a twelve-hour period; a half-day
2. (in the plural) night and day

   dǿgr mǿtask nú

   now night and day meet

   í degi dægr tvau, í dægri stundir tólf

   in a day two half-days; in a half-day twelve hours

Declension

  Declension of dǿgr (strong a-stem)

neuter	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	dǿgr	dǿgrit	dǿgr	dǿgrin
accusative	dǿgr	dǿgrit	dǿgr	dǿgrin
dative	dǿgri	dǿgrinu	dǿgrum	dǿgrunum
genitive	dǿgrs	dǿgrsins	dǿgra	dǿgranna

Descendants

• Icelandic: dægur
• Old Danish: døger
• Old Swedish: dögher

References

• Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon — Íslensk orðsifjabók, (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans. (Available on Málið.is under the “Eldra mál” tab.)
• “dægr” in: Richard Cleasby, Guðbrandur Vigfússon — An Icelandic-English Dictionary (1874)
• “dǿgr” in Dictionary of Old Norse Prose (ONP) at University of Copenhagen