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skegg

skegg

Faroese

Noun

skegg n (genitive singular skegs, plural skegg)

  1. beard

Declension

n9 Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative skegg skeggið skegg skeggini
Accusative skegg skeggið skegg skeggini
Dative skeggi skegginum skeggum skeggunum
Genitive skegs skegsins skegga skegganna

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse skegg, from Proto-Germanic *skaggiją, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kek-, *(s)keg- (to jump, skip, move, hurry).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /scɛkː/
    Rhymes: -ɛkː

Noun

skegg n (genitive singular skeggs, nominative plural skegg)

  1. a beard

Declension

Derived terms

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Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *skagją. Related to Old English sceacga (English shag). Cognate with skógr (forest) and Old English sceaga (English shaw).

Noun

skegg n

  1. beard

Declension

Descendants

References

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