fœrleikr

Old Norse

Etymology

From fœrr +‎ -leikr.

Noun

fœrleikr m

  1. ability, strength

Declension

Declension of fœrleikr (strong a-stem)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative fœrleikr fœrleikrinn fœrleikar fœrleikarnir
accusative fœrleik fœrleikinn fœrleika fœrleikana
dative fœrleiki fœrleikinum fœrleikum fœrleikunum
genitive fœrleiks fœrleiksins fœrleika fœrleikanna

Descendants

  • Icelandic: færleikur, færleiki
  • Faroese: førleiki
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: førleik

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “fœrleikr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 157; also available at the Internet Archive
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