rokkr

See also: røkkr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *rukkô, akin to Old High German rocko.

Noun

rokkr m (genitive rokks, plural rokkar)

  1. spinning wheel, distaff

Declension

Declension of rokkr (strong a-stem)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative rokkr rokkrinn rokkar rokkarnir
accusative rokk rokkinn rokka rokkana
dative rokki rokkinum rokkum rokkunum
genitive rokks rokksins rokka rokkanna

Descendants

  • Danish: rok c
  • Faroese: rokkur m
  • Icelandic: rokkur m
  • Norwegian: rokk (Bokmål), rokk (Nynorsk)
  • Swedish: rock

Further reading

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