ægir

See also: aegir, Aegir, Ægir, and œgir

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaiːjɪr/
• Rhymes: -aiːjɪr

  Homophone: Ægir, æir

Noun

ægir m (genitive singular ægis, no plural)

1. (poetic) sea

   Ægi blása vindar.

   The sea is blown by winds.

Declension

	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	ægir	ægirinn
accusative	ægi	æginn
dative	ægi	æginum
genitive	ægis	ægisins

Declension of ægir (sg-only masculine)

Synonyms

• (sea): haf n, sjór m, sjár m, sær m, mar m, úthaf n, viddi m (rare), frónband n (poetic)

Old Norse

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Norse *ēgweʀ(?) from Proto-Germanic *āhwijaz..

Noun

ægir m (genitive ægis)

1. the sea, ocean, main
2. liquid, fluid

   ægir hjarna

   brain fluid

Declension

Declension of ægir (strong ija-stem, singular only)

masculine	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	ægir	ægirinn
accusative	ægi	æginn
dative	ægi	æginum
genitive	ægis	ægisins

Derived terms

• ægisandr m (“sea-sand”)
• Ægir

Descendants

• Icelandic: Ægir, ægir
• Faroese: ægir

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “ægir”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 524; also available at the [https://archive.org/stream/concisedictionar001857

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