lögur

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse lǫgr (“the sea; liquid”), from Proto-Germanic *laguz, from Proto-Indo-European *lókus. Cognate with the Old English lagu (“sea”), Latin lacus (“hollow, lake, pond”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈlœːɣʏr/
    Rhymes: -œːɣʏr

Noun

lögur m (genitive singular lagar, nominative plural legir)

  1. liquid, fluid
  2. lake, sea

Declension
declension of lögur
m-s3 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative lögur lögurinn legir legirnir
accusative lög löginn legi legina
dative legi leginum lögum lögunum
genitive lagar lagarins laga laganna

Derived terms
  • baðlögur
  • barkarlögur
  • berjalögur
  • forarlögur
  • frostlögur
  • fægilögur
  • hárþvottalögur
  • hjálögur
  • hreinalögur
  • hreinsilögur
  • kaffilögur
  • kryddlögur
  • krækiberjalögur
  • kælilögur
  • salatlögur
  • saltlögur
  • sápulögur
  • sortulögur
  • sótthreinsunarlögur
  • sútlögur
  • sykurlögur
  • tóbakslögur
  • uppþvottalögur
  • útlögur
  • vínberjalögur

See also
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