œgir

See also: ægir

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *ōgijaz, a-stem agent noun to Proto-Germanic *ōgijaną (“to scare, frighten”), whence ǿgja.

Noun

ǿgir m (genitive ǿgis)

1. frightener, terrifier

   ǿgir Ǫflugbarða ― the terrifier of Ǫflugbarði (i.e. Thor)

Declension

Declension of ǿgir (strong ija-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	ǿgir	ǿgirinn	ǿgar	ǿgarnir
accusative	ǿgi	ǿginn	ǿga	ǿgana
dative	ǿgi	ǿginum	ǿgum	ǿgunum
genitive	ǿgis	ǿgisins	ǿga	ǿganna

Derived terms

• ǿgisheimr m (“this world”)
• ǿgishjalmr m (“helmet of terror”)

Related terms

• ǿgiligr
• ǿgja

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “œgir”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 526; also available at the [https://archive.org/stream/concisedictionar001857

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