þjónkan

Old Norse

Alternative forms

Etymology

From þjónka (“to serve, attend”) +‎ -an.

Noun

þjónkan f (genitive -ar, plural -ir)

  1. service
  2. attendance

Conjugation

Declension of þjónkan (strong i-stem)
feminine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative þjónkan þjónkanin þjónkanir þjónkanirnar
accusative þjónkan þjónkanina þjónkanir þjónkanirnar
dative þjónkan þjónkaninni þjónkanum þjónkanunum
genitive þjónkanar þjónkanarinnar þjónkana þjónkananna

Descendants

  • Icelandic: þjónka

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “þjónkan”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 513; also available at the Internet Archive
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