Hmm... You're very observant. Your question is answered to some extent in
Óskar's/mine (?) lesson 9, section 1.4:

http://www.hi.is/~haukurth/norse/olessons/lesson9.php

Be careful that some of the lessons may contain our own terminology,
something I would avoid if I were writing this today...

And I should probably change that stylesheet. What's with the huge
headings? :)

Kveðja,
Haukur

> I have begun to look through the Grammar charts and word entry's in "A
> Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic" by Geir T. Zoëga but have become
> confused with the syntax of the entries. For example, the entry for
> 'ormr':
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> ormr (-s, -ar), m. snake, serpent.
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> So, I would assume that this would then belong to the "Strong
> Masculine 1st Declension" group, because that is titled with "1st
> Declension, gen. sing. -s, nom. pl. -ar, acc. pl. -a."
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> I do not understand why Zoëga did not then just list it as
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> ormr (1st), m. snake, serpent
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> But I digress. The entry for 'fors':
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> fors (pl. -ar), m. waterfall.
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> Now, which declension is one to assume this noun belongs to?
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> As well, are nouns whose entries are listed simply as
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> noun, gender. definition.
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> in the "weak declension" category?
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> What is more is that there seems to be no explanation for
> abbreviations, such as "pr." and "pp." or "p."
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> Also, charts for weak/strong verbs and their classes/declensions are
> given, but how does the entry of a verb indicate which it belongs to?
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> So it seems my stream of questions is over for the moment! :)
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> -Sebastian
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