hringr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hringaz.

Noun

hringr m (genitive hrings, plural hringar)

1. ring

Declension

Declension of hringr (strong a-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	hringr	hringrinn	hringar	hringarnir
accusative	hring	hringinn	hringa	hringana
dative	hringi	hringinum	hringum	hringunum
genitive	hrings	hringsins	hringa	hringanna

Derived terms

• hringa (“to furnish with a ring”)
• hringabrynja f (“coat of ring-mail”)
• hringbroti m (“breaker of rings”)
• hringdrifi m (“distributor of rings”)
• hringja f (“buckle”)
• hringja (“to encircle”)
• hringleginn (“coiled up”)
• hringleikr m (“ring-dance”)
• hringofinn (“woven with rings”)
• hringvariðr (“ring-mounted”)

Descendants

• Icelandic: hringur
• Faroese: ringur
• Norn: ring
• Norwegian Nynorsk: ring
• Elfdalian: ringg
• Old Swedish: ringer
  • Swedish: ring
• Old Danish: ring
  • Danish: ring
    • Norwegian Bokmål: ring
• Gutnish: ringg

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “hringr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive