ylgr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wulgī, from Proto-Indo-European *wl̥kʷíh₂ (she-wolf), from *wĺ̥kʷos (wolf).

Noun

ylgr f (genitive ylgjar, dative ylgi, plural ylgjar)

  1. she-wolf

Declension

Descendants

  • Icelandic: ylgur
  • Swedish: ylva

References

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