frakkar
See also: Frakkar
Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *frankô m (“spear, javelin; Frank”), whence also Old Norse frakka f (“spear”). The link between the name of a weapon and a Germanic people group is also seen with saxar m pl (“Saxons”) being derived from Proto-Germanic *sahsą (“knife, dagger”).
Noun
frakkar m pl
- (the) Franks
Declension
| masculine | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | frakkar | frakkarnir |
| accusative | frakka | frakkana |
| dative | frǫkkum | frǫkkunum |
| genitive | frakka | frakkanna |
Derived terms
- frakkakonungr m (“king of the Franks”)
- Frakkland n (“land of the Franks; Francia”)
Related terms
- frakka f (“spear”)
Descendants
In mainland Scandinavian languages, the plural ar-ending of the nominative has been fixed to the word, as if it was a demonymic suffix (e.g. Nynorsk -ar or Bokmål -er). Thus they also exist in the singular form, where as Icelandic Frakkar does not.
See also
- saxar m pl (“Saxons”)
Further reading
- Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “frakkar”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive