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Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse skegg, from Proto-Germanic *skaggiją, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kek-, *(s)keg- (“to jump, skip, move, hurry”).

Pronunciation

Noun

skegg n (genitive singular skegs, plural skegg)

  1. beard

Declension

More information singular, plural ...
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Etymology

From Old Norse skegg, from Proto-Germanic *skaggiją, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kek-, *(s)keg- (“to jump, skip, move, hurry”).

Pronunciation

Noun

skegg n (genitive singular skeggs, nominative plural skegg)

  1. a beard

Declension

More information singular, plural ...

Derived terms

See also

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Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *skagją. Related to Old English sceacga (English shag). Cognate with skógr (“forest”) and Old English sceaga (English shaw).

Noun

skegg n

  1. beard

Declension

More information neuter, singular ...

Derived terms

  • skeggǫx

Descendants

  • Icelandic: skegg
  • Faroese: skegg
  • Norwegian Bokmål: skjegg
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: skjegg
  • Old Swedish: skæg
  • Danish: skæg

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “skegg”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive
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