dvergr

== Old Norse == === Etymology === From Proto-Germanic *dwergaz (“dwarf”). Cognate with Old English dweorg, Old Frisian dwerch, Old Saxon dwerg, Old High German twerg, twerc. === Pronunciation === (12th century Icelandic) IPA(key): /ˈdwerɣr̩/ === Noun === dvergr m (genitive dvergs, plural dvergar) (Norse mythology) a dwarf Vǫluspá, verse 9, lines 5-6, in 1860, T. Möbius, Edda Sæmundar hins fróða: mit einem Anhang zum Theil bisher ungedruckter Gedichte. Leipzig, page 2: […] hverr skyldi dverga / dróttir skepja […] […] who shall the dwarves' / lord shape […] a short support pillar Old Icelandic Homily Book, in 1872, T. Wisén, Homiliu-bók: Isländska homilier efter en handskrift från tolfte århundradet. Gleerup, page 100, lines 37-38: Þuertre es scorþa staflǽgior oc upphalda dvergom, […] Crosstrees that prop the beams and upholding pillars, […] a brooch, stud, dress pin Rígsþula, verse 16, lines 7-8, in 1860, T. Möbius, Edda Sæmundar hins fróða: mit einem Anhang zum Theil bisher ungedruckter Gedichte. Leipzig, page 78: […] dúkr var á hálsi, / dvergar á öxlum; […] […] studs on her shoulders, / and scarf on her neck; […] ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Icelandic: dvergur Faroese: dvørgur Norwegian Nynorsk: dverg; (dialectal) verg, tverg Old Swedish: dværgher Swedish: dvärg Danish: dværg Norwegian Bokmål: dverg Gutnish: dvärg, värg === Further reading === Richard Cleasby; Guðbrandur Vigfússon (1874), “dvergr”, in An Icelandic-English Dictionary, 1st edition, Oxford: Oxford Clarendon Press, page 110 Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “dvergr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 98; also available at the Internet Archive