Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *argį̄Scott K. ShayWardja Presshttps://protogermanic.org/pgmc_argį
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Etymologisches Wörterbuch der germanischen Primäradjektive (Studia linguistica Germanica 33)FrankHeidermannsWalter de Gruyter1993The transformation of the older fuþark: Number magic, runographic or linguistic principles?MichaelSchulteArkiv för nordisk filologi 12141–742006The inverse of praise: Epigraphic practices of Indo-European cursingPeter JacksonRovaJenny LarssonThomas OlanderAnders Richardt JørgensenIndo-European interfaces: Integrating linguistics, mythology and archaeologyStockholmStockholm University Press131–1482024Stylistic variation in runic inscriptions? A test case and preliminary assessmentMichaelSchulteArkiv för nordisk filologi 1235–222008Die Sprache der urnordischen RuneninschriftenWolfgangKrauseHeidelbergCarl Winter1971Die Runeninschriften im älteren Futhark. Vol. 1WolfgangKrauseGöttingenVandenhoeck & Ruprecht1966ergiunmanliness, baseness; lewdnessᛡᚱᛡᚷᛖᚢbaseness, unmanliness
nounfeminineīn-stemunmanliness, baseness; cowardiceindecency, shamelessnessFrom *argaz + *-į̄, with stem *argīn-. Reflected by Old Norse ergi and probably by Proto-Norse ᛡᚱᛡᚷᛖᚢ, a dative singular occurring in the Stentoften and Björketorp curses Heidermanns 1993: 102Rova 2024Schulte 2006: 43, 61–62Schulte 2008: 9. Alternatively, Krause and Looijenga analyze ᛡᚱᛡᚷᛖᚢ as the dative singular of a separate jōn-stem, corresponding to a nominative **argijǭKrause 1966: 212–13Krause 1971: §97