tryggr

Old Norse

Alternative forms

• trygger — Old East Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *triwwiz, whence also Old English trīewe, Old High German triuwi.

Adjective

tryggr (accusative tryggvan)

1. loyal; faithful; true

Declension

Strong declension of tryggr

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	tryggr	trygg	trygt
accusative	tryggvan	tryggva	trygt
dative	tryggum	tryggri	tryggu
genitive	tryggs	tryggrar	tryggs
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	tryggvir	tryggvar	trygg
accusative	tryggva	tryggvar	trygg
dative	tryggum	tryggum	tryggum
genitive	tryggra	tryggra	tryggra

Weak declension of tryggr

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	tryggvi	tryggva	tryggva
accusative	tryggva	tryggu	tryggva
dative	tryggva	tryggu	tryggva
genitive	tryggva	tryggu	tryggva
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	tryggu	tryggu	tryggu
accusative	tryggu	tryggu	tryggu
dative	tryggum	tryggum	tryggum
genitive	tryggu	tryggu	tryggu

Derived terms

• ótryggr

Descendants

• → Middle English: trig, tryg
  • Scots: trig
  • English: trig
• Icelandic: tryggur
• Faroese: tryggur
• Norwegian Nynorsk: trygg
• Norwegian Bokmål: trygg
• Old Swedish: trygger
  • Swedish: trygg
• Danish: tryg

Further reading

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