sǫg

See also: sog, Sog, SOG, sög, søg, and sog.

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *sagō, from Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“to cut”). Cognate with Old English saga, sagu (English saw), Old Frisian sage (West Frisian seage), Old Saxon saga, Dutch zaag, Old High German saga (German Säge).

Noun

sǫg f (genitive sagar, plural sagir)

1. saw

Declension

  Declension of sǫg (strong ō-stem, ar and ir-plurals)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	sǫg	sǫgin	sagar, sagir	sagarnar, sagirnar
accusative	sǫg	sǫgina	sagar, sagir	sagarnar, sagirnar
dative	sǫg	sǫginni	sǫgum	sǫgunum
genitive	sagar	sagarinnar	saga	saganna

Descendants

• Icelandic: sög
• Faroese: sag
• Norwegian Nynorsk: sag, sog; (dialectal) sau, sav, saj
• Norwegian Bokmål: sag m or f
• Jamtish: ság
• Elfdalian: såg
• Old Swedish: sagh, saagh
  • Swedish: såg
  • → Finnish: saha
• Danish: sav
• Smalandian: sav
• Scanian: saw
• Gutnish: sag
• → Kildin Sami: са̄гк (sāgk)