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bjarg

bjarg

Faroese

Vestmannabjørgini - Vestmanna cliffs

Noun

bjarg n (genitive singular bjargs, plural bjørg)

(poetic) cliff

Declension

n5	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	bjarg	bjargið	bjørg	bjørgini
Accusative	bjarg	bjargið	bjørg	bjørgini
Dative	bjargi	bjarginum	bjørgum	bjørgunum
Genitive	bjargs	bjargsins	bjarga	bjarganna

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *bergaz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ-.

Noun

bjarg n (genitive bjargs, plural bjǫrg)

Alternative form of berg

Declension

Declension of bjarg (strong a-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
masculine	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	bjargr	bjargrinn	bjargar	bjargarnir
accusative	bjarg	bjarginn	bjarga	bjargana
dative	bjargi	bjarginum	bjǫrgum	bjǫrgunum
genitive	bjargs	bjargsins	bjarga	bjarganna

References

bjarg in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press