tryggr

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Old Norse[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Germanic *triwwiz, whence also Old English trīewe, Old High German triuwi.

Adjective[edit]

tryggr (accusative tryggvan)

  1. loyal; faithful; true

Declension[edit]

    Strong declension of tryggr
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative tryggr trygg trygt
accusative tryggvan tryggva trygt
dative tryggum tryggri tryggu
genitive tryggs tryggrar tryggs
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative tryggvir tryggvar trygg
accusative tryggva tryggvar trygg
dative tryggum tryggum tryggum
genitive tryggra tryggra tryggra
    Weak declension of tryggr
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative tryggvi tryggva tryggva
accusative tryggva tryggu tryggva
dative tryggva tryggu tryggva
genitive tryggva tryggu tryggva
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative tryggu tryggu tryggu
accusative tryggu tryggu tryggu
dative tryggum tryggum tryggum
genitive tryggu tryggu tryggu

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • → Middle English: trig, tryg
  • Icelandic: tryggur
  • Faroese: tryggur
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: trygg
  • Norwegian Bokmål: trygg
  • Old Swedish: trygger
  • Danish: tryg

References[edit]

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