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Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *dankwaz, cognate with Old High German tunkal. No relation to English dark.
Adjective
døkkr
- dark
- 11th century, Arnórr jarlaskald Þorðarson, "Þorfinnsdrápa":
Bjǫrt sól verðr at svartri, fold søkkr í døkkvan mar, […] .- The bright sun will become black, earth will sink in the dark ocean, .
Declension
Strong declension of døkkr
Declension of comparative of døkkr
Strong declension of superlative of døkkr
Weak declension of superlative of døkkr
Descendants
References
- Leiv Heggstad, Gamalnorsk ordbok med nynorsk tyding (Det Norske Samlaget, 1930)
- Ragnvald Iversen, Norrøn grammatikk (Aschehoug, 1973)