rugr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *rugiz, whence also Old English ryġe (English rye), Old Frisian rogga (West Frisian rogge), Old Saxon roggo (Low German Rogg), Dutch rogge, Old High German rocko (German Roggen, Rocken). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wrugʰyo- (compare Russian рожь (rožʹ) and Old Prussian rugis).

Noun

rugr m

rye (Secale cereale)

Declension

Declension of rugr (strong i-stem, ar-genitive)

masculine	singular		plural
masculine	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	rugr	rugrinn	rugir	rugirnir
accusative	rug	ruginn	rugi	rugina
dative	rug	ruginum	rugum	rugunum
genitive	rugar	rugarins	ruga	ruganna

Descendants

Danish: rug c (Old Danish rugh)
Faroese: rugur m
Icelandic: rúgur m

Norwegian (Bokmål): rug m
Norwegian (Nynorsk): rug m
Swedish: råg c (Old Swedish rogher)

References

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

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