helgi
Icelandic
/ˈhɛlcɪ/
noun
Definitions
- two or more holidays in a row, in conjunction with a Sunday or a major Christian holiday; most often denoting the weekend, i.e. the conjunction of a Saturday and Sunday and any adjacent public or private holidays
Etymology
Derived from Old Norse helgr.
Origin
Old Norse
helgr
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- helg Norwegian Bokmål
- *hailagijō Proto-Germanic
- helg Swedish
- helg Norwegian Nynorsk
- helgr Old Norse
- helg Danish
- dagur Icelandic
- ferð Icelandic
- helgarferð Icelandic
- helgidagur Icelandic
- helgisiður Icelandic
- siður Icelandic