sǫk

See also: Appendix:Variations of "sok"

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Norse *ᛊᚨᚲᚢ (*saku), from Proto-Germanic *sakō. Cognate with English sake, Old High German sahha and German Sache.

Noun

sǫk f (genitive sakar, plural sakar or sakir)

  1. (law) legal case, action
  2. fault

Declension

Declension of sǫk (strong ō-stem, ar and ir-plurals)
feminine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative sǫk sǫkin sakar, sakir sakarnar, sakirnar
accusative sǫk sǫkina sakar, sakir sakarnar, sakirnar
dative sǫk sǫkinni sǫkum sǫkunum
genitive sakar sakarinnar saka sakanna

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Icelandic: sök
  • Faroese: sak, søk
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: sak; (dialectal) sok
  • Old Swedish: sak
    • Swedish: sak c or f
  • Old Danish: sak
    • Danish: sag c
      • Norwegian Bokmål: sak m or f

Further reading

  • Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)
  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “sök”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 429; also available at the Internet Archive
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