elgr

== Old Norse == === Alternative forms === ᛅᛚᚴᚱ (alkr), ælgr *ælgʀ (earlier suffix) === Etymology === From an earlier *ælgʀ, from Proto-Norse *ælgiʀ, from Proto-Germanic *algiz, from Proto-Indo-European *el- (“red, brown”). === Noun === elgr m (North America) moose, (British) elk ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== elgskógr elgfróði elgjaveiðr ==== Descendants ==== Icelandic: elgur Faroese: elgur Norwegian Nynorsk: elg; (dialectal) alg Old Swedish: ælgher Swedish: älg Danish: elg Norwegian Bokmål: elg === Further reading === Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “elgr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 110; also available at the Internet Archive