fagr

== Gothic == === Romanization === fagr romanization of 𐍆𐌰𐌲𐍂 == Old Norse == === Etymology === From Proto-Germanic *fagraz, whence also Old English fæġer ( > English fair), Old Saxon fagar, Old High German fagar, Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐌲𐍂𐍃 (fagrs). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂ḱ- (“to fasten, place”). Non-Germanic cognates include Latin pulcher and Slovak pekný (“nice”). === Adjective === fagr (comparative fagrari, superlative fagrastr) or fagr (comparative fegri, superlative fegrstr) beautiful, fair ==== Declension ==== ==== Descendants ==== Icelandic: fagur Faroese: fagur Norn: feg, fåg, feger Norwegian Nynorsk: fager, fagr; (dialectal) fagur Old Swedish: fagher Swedish: fager Old Danish: faghær Danish: fager, feir, fauer, faver, favr Norwegian Bokmål: fager === Further reading === Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “fagr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive