helgr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hailagijō, *hailagī, related to *hailagōną (“to hallow”), see there for more.

Noun

helgr f (genitive helgar, plural helgar)

  1. holiday, festival
    hringja til helgar
    to ring for a festival

Declension

Declension of helgr (strong ijō-stem)
feminine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative helgr helgrin helgar helgarnar
accusative helgi helgina helgar helgarnar
dative helgi helginni helgum helgunum
genitive helgar helgarinnar helga helganna

Descendants

  • Icelandic: helgi f
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: helg f; (dialectal) hæg f, halg f, helj f, halj f
  • Norwegian Bokmål: helg m or f
  • Swedish: helg c
  • Danish: helg c

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “helgr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive
  • Jan de Vries (1977) [1957–1960], “helgr”, in Altnordisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Old Norse Etymological Dictionary] (in German), 3rd edition, Leiden: E[vert] J[an] Brill, →OCLC.
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