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fagr
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)
Descendants
References
- fagr in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press