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Webster 1913 Edition

Dvergr

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Dver′gr

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Noun.

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pl.

Dvergar

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(Scand. Myth.)

A dwarf supposed to dwell in rocks and hills and to be skillful in working metals.

Definition 2024

dvergr

dvergr

Old Norse

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

Declension of dvergr (strong a-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
masculine	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	dvergr	dvergrinn	dvergar	dvergarnir
accusative	dverg	dverginn	dverga	dvergana
dative	dvergi	dverginum	dvergum	dvergunum
genitive	dvergs	dvergsins	dverga	dverganna

Derived terms

Terms derived from dvergr

Descendants

Danish: dværg c
Faroese: dvørgur m
Icelandic: dvergur m

Norwegian Bokmål: dverg m
Norwegian Nynorsk: dverg m
Swedish: dvärg c (Old Swedish dværgher m)

References

dvergr in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
dvergr in An Icelandic-English Dictionary, R. Cleasby and G. Vigfússon, Clarendon Press, 1874, at Internet Archive.
dvergr in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.