hringr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hringaz.

Noun

hringr m (genitive hrings, plural hringar)

1. ring

Declension

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

  Declension of hringr (strong a-stem)

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