uggr

Old Norse

Etymology

Possibly from a family of words represented by Proto-Germanic *agaz (“fear, dread”), and thus related to aga (“to threaten”), ógn (“fear”). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?) Others have supposed a connection to Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (“sharp”),^[1] though this is phonetically dubious.

Noun

uggr m

1. fear, apprehension

Declension

masculine	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	uggr	uggrinn
accusative	ugg	ugginn
dative	ugg	ugginum
genitive	uggs	uggsins

  Declension of uggr (strong i-stem, s-genitive, singular only)

Derived terms

• uggligr

References

1. de Vries, Jan (1977) “ugð”, in Altnordisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Old Norse Etymological Dictionary]‎ (in German), 2nd revised edition, Leiden: Brill, page 632: “uggr”

Further reading

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