vargr

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Old Norse[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Germanic *wargaz, from Proto-Indo-European *werǵʰ-. Compare Old English wearh, wearg.

Noun[edit]

vargr m

  1. evildoer, outlaw
  2. wolf

Usage notes[edit]

  • Unlike ulfr (“wolf”), which is frequently found in names and thus seems to have had some positive connotations, this is not the case with vargr, suggesting its sense was thoroughly negative.

Declension[edit]

  Declension of vargr (strong a-stem)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative vargr vargrinn vargar vargarnir
accusative varg varginn varga vargana
dative vargi varginum vǫrgum vǫrgunum
genitive vargs vargsins varga varganna

Derived terms[edit]

  • griðvargr (“truce-breaker; someone who is outlawed due to breaking a truce”)

Descendants[edit]

  • Icelandic: vargur
  • Faroese: vargur
  • Norn: varg
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: varg
  • Elfdalian: warg
  • Old Swedish: vargher
  • Danish: varg
    • Norwegian Bokmål: varg
  • → English: warg (learned)

References[edit]

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