Ergi (noun) and argr (adjective) are two Old Norse terms of insult, denoting effeminacy or other unmanly behaviour. Argr (also ragr) is "unmanly" and ergi is "unmanliness"; the terms have cognates in other Germanic languages such as earh, earg, arag, or arug.

Ergi was an extremely negative concept and word, the ultimate insult for which you could be legally killed. It does not merely mean feminine or cowardly, but sexually perverted, the sodomized passive partner in a homosexual intercourse.

What did "ergi" mean in Old Norse, and what does it mean now? The history of this word is important to know for any Norse Pagan.

2025年1月2日 · ergi f (genitive ergi) the state of being argr; variously translated as lewdness, perversity, effeminacy, degeneracy

In short, ergi is transgression against cultural norms of manliness in Icelandic culture. It is saying that your are not fully a man because of any action, dress, or attitude you display. Things that were considered ergi include waking up too early, wearing a shirt with too low a …

ergi f. [argr], lewdness, lust; ergi, æði ok óþola, Skm. 36, FaS. iii. 390; e. keisara dóttur, Bær. 15, El. 10; ílsku ok e. ok hórdóm, Barl. 138: wickedness, með e. ok skelmisskap, Gísl, 31, Yngl. S. ch. 7: in mod. usage ergja, f., means greediness for money or the like; the rare sense of moodiness is quite mod., and borrowed from ...

2024年11月26日 · Ergi, also known as Argr, is a traditional third gender role from Northern-tradition Shamanism, most commonly within Siberian culture and Scandinavian culture, to describe an AMAB individual who takes up a female role, or an AFAB individual who takes up a male role, and live their lives as Shamans.

Thus, it is apparent that ergi of a níðingr was strongly connoted not only with sorcery, unmanliness, weakness, and effeminacy but also especially with lecherousness or sexual perversion in the view of Old Scandinavian people during the Early and High Middle Ages.

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