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skógr

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Old Norse

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *skōgaz.

Noun

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skógr m (genitive skógar, plural skógar)

  1. wood, forest

Declension

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  Declension of skógr (strong a-stem)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative skógr skógrinn skógar skógarnir
accusative skóg skóginn skóga skógana
dative skógi skóginum skógum skógunum
genitive skógar, skógs skógarins, skógsins skóga skóganna

Descendants

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  • Icelandic: skógur
  • Faroese: skógvur, skógur
  • Norwegian:
    Norwegian Bokmål: skog, skau
    Norwegian Nynorsk: skog
  • Old Swedish: skōgher
  • Old Danish: skogh
  •  Old Gutnish: skogr
  • → Middle English: scogh, scough
    • English: scaw (dialectal)

References

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  • “skógr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic‎[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press
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