hǫrgr

Old Norse
FWOTD – 30 April 2015

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *harugaz (“sanctuary, cairn, grove”). Cognate with Old English hearg, hearga, Old High German harug, haruc, haruch. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱarǝk- (“fenced or enclosed area”).

Pronunciation
  • (12th century Icelandic) IPA(key): /ˈhɒrɣr̩/

Noun

hǫrgr m (genitive hǫrgs, plural hǫrgar)

  1. (Germanic paganism) a sanctuary, cairn, altar
    • Hyndluljóð, verse 10, lines 1-2, in 1860, T. Möbius, Edda Sæmundar hins fróða: mit einem Anhang zum Theil bisher ungedruckter Gedichte. Leipzig, page 83:
      Hörg hann mér gerði · hlaðinn steinum, […]
      A cairn he made for me, loaded with stones […]

Declension
  Declension of hǫrgr (strong a-stem)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative hǫrgr hǫrgrinn hǫrgar hǫrgarnir
accusative hǫrg hǫrginn hǫrga hǫrgana
dative hǫrgi hǫrginum hǫrgum hǫrgunum
genitive hǫrgs hǫrgsins hǫrga hǫrganna

Derived terms
Terms derived from hǫrgr
  • blóthǫrgr (“sacrificial altar”)
  • brúnahǫrgr (“head”)
  • gunnhǫrgr (“helmet”)

Descendants
  • Icelandic: hörgur m
  • Faroese: hørgur m
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: horg m
  • Norwegian Bokmål: horg m
  • Old Swedish: hargher m
    • Swedish: harg c, horg c, horv c
  • Danish: harg c, hørg c

References
  • hǫrgr in An Icelandic-English Dictionary, R. Cleasby and G. Vigfússon, Clarendon Press, 1874, at Internet Archive.
  • hǫrgr in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.
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