fagr

Gothic

Romanization

fagr

  1. 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)

  1. beautiful, fair

Declension
    Strong declension of fagr
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative fagr fǫgr fagrt
accusative fagran fagra fagrt
dative fǫgrum fagri fǫgru
genitive fagrs fagrar fagrs
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative fagrir fagrar fǫgr
accusative fagra fagrar fǫgr
dative fǫgrum fǫgrum fǫgrum
genitive fagra fagra fagra
    Weak declension of fagr
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative fagri fagra fagra
accusative fagra fǫgru fagra
dative fagra fǫgru fagra
genitive fagra fǫgru fagra
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative fǫgru fǫgru fǫgru
accusative fǫgru fǫgru fǫgru
dative fǫgrum fǫgrum fǫgrum
genitive fǫgru fǫgru fǫgru
    Declension of comparative of fagr
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative fegri fegri fegra
accusative fegra fegri fegra
dative fegra fegri fegra
genitive fegra fegri fegra
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative fegri fegri fegri
accusative fegri fegri fegri
dative fegrum fegrum fegrum
genitive fegri fegri fegri
    Strong declension of superlative of fagr
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative fegrstr fegrst fegrst
accusative fegrstan fegrsta fegrst
dative fegrstum fegrstri fegrstu
genitive fegrsts fegrstrar fegrsts
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative fegrstir fegrstar fegrst
accusative fegrsta fegrstar fegrst
dative fegrstum fegrstum fegrstum
genitive fegrstra fegrstra fegrstra
    Weak declension of superlative of fagr
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative fegrsti fegrsta fegrsta
accusative fegrsta fegrstu fegrsta
dative fegrsta fegrstu fegrsta
genitive fegrsta fegrstu fegrsta
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative fegrstu fegrstu fegrstu
accusative fegrstu fegrstu fegrstu
dative fegrstum fegrstum fegrstum
genitive fegrstu fegrstu fegrstu

Descendants
  • Icelandic: fagur
  • Faroese: fagur
  • Norn: feg, fåg
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: fager, fagr; (dialectal) fagur
  • Old Swedish: fagher
  • Danish: fager, feir, fauer, faver, favr

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