lœkr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *lōkiz. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *leg- (“to leak, drain”).

Noun

lœkr m (genitive lœkjar, plural lœkir)

  1. brook, rivulet

Declension

Declension of lœkr (strong i-stem, ar-genitive)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative lœkr lœkrinn lœkir lœkirnir
accusative lœk lœkinn lœki lœkina
dative lœk lœkinum lœkjum lœkjunum
genitive lœkjar lœkjarins lœkja lœkjanna

Derived terms

  • lœkjarfall n (“running brook”)
  • lœkjarfar n (“the bed of a brook”)
  • lœkjaróss m (“mouth of a brook”)
  • lœkjarrás f (“running brook”)
  • leka (“to leak”)

Descendants

  • Icelandic: lækur
  • Faroese: løkur
  • Norn: ljog
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: løk
  • Norwegian Bokmål: løk
  • English: Leake (placename)

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “lœkr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 282; also available at the Internet Archive
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