bakstr

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Old Norse

Etymology

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Noun

bakstr m (genitive bakstrs, plural bakstrar)

  1. baking
  2. (Christianity) communion bread
  3. other baked bread
  4. poultice, fomentation
  5. warming, rubbing (of the body)

Declension

  Declension of bakstr (strong a-stem)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative bakstr bakstrinn bakstrar bakstrarnir
accusative bakstr bakstrinn bakstra bakstrana
dative bakstri bakstrinum bǫkstrum bǫkstrunum
genitive bakstrs bakstrsins bakstra bakstranna

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Icelandic: bakstur
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: bakst, bakster
  • Norwegian Bokmål: bakst

References

  • “bakstr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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