drykkr

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Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *drunkiz, whence also Old English drync and Old High German trunch.

Noun

drykkr m

  1. a drink, the act of drinking
  2. a beverage
  3. draught

Declension

  Declension of drykkr (strong i-stem, ar-genitive)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative drykkr drykkrinn drykkir drykkirnir
accusative drykk drykkinn drykki drykkina
dative drykk drykkinum drykkjum drykkjunum
genitive drykkjar drykkjarins drykkja drykkjanna

Descendants

  • Icelandic: drykkur
  • Faroese: drykkur
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: drykk; (dialectal) drykk’e
  • Elfdalian: drykk
  • Old Swedish: drykker
  • Danish: drik

References

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