fager

From Old Danish faghær, from Old Norse fagr, from Proto-Germanic *fagraz, cognate with Norwegian fager, Swedish fager, Icelandic fagur, English fair.

• IPA^(key): /faːˀɣər/, [ˈfæˀjɐ], [ˈfæˀɐ]

fager (neuter fagert, plural and definite singular attributive fagre, comparative fagrere, superlative (predicative) fagrest, superlative (attributive) fagreste)

1. (poetic) fair, pretty, wonderful

From Old Norse fagr, from Proto-Germanic *fagraz, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂ḱ- (“to fasten, place”).

fager

1. fair (of good appearance), pretty

• fagergås

• fagr (alternative spelling)
• fagur, feger, fair’e

From Old Norse fagr, from Proto-Germanic *fagraz, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂ḱ- (“to fasten, place”). Akin to English fair.

• IPA^(key): /¹faːɡər/

fager (neuter fagert, plural fagre, comparative fagrare or (pre-1939) fegre, superlative fagrast or (pre-1939) fegst)

1. fair (of good appearance), pretty

• “fager” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Old Swedish fagher, from Old Norse fagr, from Proto-Germanic *fagraz, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂ḱ- (“to fasten, place”).

fager (comparative fagrare, superlative fagrast)

1. (dated or poetic) fair (of good appearance), pretty

• fägring

• fager in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
• fager in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

• fagre