lögur

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse lǫgr (“the sea; liquid”), from Proto-Germanic *laguz, from Proto-Indo-European *lókus. Cognate with the Old English lagu (“sea”), Latin lacus (“hollow, lake, pond”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlœːɣʏr/

  Rhymes: -œːɣʏr

Noun

lögur m (genitive singular lagar, nominative plural legir)

1. liquid, fluid
2. lake, sea

Declension

Declension of lögur (masculine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	lögur	lögurinn	legir	legirnir
accusative	lög	löginn	legi	legina
dative	legi	leginum	lögum	lögunum
genitive	lagar	lagarins	laga	laganna

Derived terms

• baðlögur
• barkarlögur
• berjalögur
• forarlögur
• frostlögur
• fægilögur
• hárþvottalögur
• hjálögur
• hreinalögur
• hreinsilögur
• kaffilögur
• kryddlögur
• krækiberjalögur
• kælilögur
• salatlögur
• saltlögur
• sápulögur
• sortulögur
• sótthreinsunarlögur
• sútlögur
• sykurlögur
• tóbakslögur
• uppþvottalögur
• útlögur
• vínberjalögur

 

See also

• laga