elgr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *algiz, from Proto-Indo-European *el- (“red, brown”).

Noun

elgr m

1. (North America) moose, (British) elk

Declension

  Declension of elgr (strong i-stem, s-genitive)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	elgr	elgrinn	elgir	elgirnir
accusative	elg	elginn	elgi	elgina
dative	elg	elginum	elgjum	elgjunum
genitive	elgs	elgsins	elgja	elgjanna

Derived terms

• elgskógr
• elgfróði
• elgjaveiðr

Descendants

• Icelandic: elgur
• Faroese: elgur
• Norwegian Nynorsk: elg; (dialectal) alg
• Old Swedish: ælgher
  • Swedish: älg
• Danish: elg, ⇒ elsdyr
  • 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 [https://archive.org/stream/concisedictionar001857

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