eygr

• eygðr

From Proto-Norse ᚨᚢᚷᛁᛉ (augiʀ) (attested in ᚷᛚᛇᚨᚢᚷᛁᛉ (glïaugiʀ, “gleaming-eyed”)). The -ð- is due to confusion with past participles.

eygr

1. having eyes of a certain kind

• bláeygr (“blue-eyed”)
• bjarteygr (“bright-eyed”)
• døkkeygr (“dark-eyed”)
• eineygr (“one-eyed”)
• fagreygr (“fair-eyed”)
• illa eygr (“having ugly eyes”)
• mjǫk eygr (“having large eyes”)
• snareygr (“sharp-eyed”)
• úteygr (“pop-eyed”)
• veðreygr (“stormy-eyed”)
• vel eygr (“having beautiful eyes”)

• Icelandic: eygur, eygður
• Faroese: oygdur
• Old Swedish: ögdher

• Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon — Íslensk orðsifjabók, (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans. (Available on Málið.is under the “Eldra mál” tab.)
• “eygr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “eygr” in Dictionary of Old Norse Prose (ONP) at University of Copenhagen
• “eygðr” in Dictionary of Old Norse Prose (ONP) at University of Copenhagen