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Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *hlankiz.
Noun
hlekkr m (genitive hlekks or hlekkjar, plural hlekkir)
- link
- Early 13th century, Háttatal by Snorri Sturluson
Drífr handar hlekkr, / þar's hilmir drekkr; […]- The link of the hand snows, / where the prince drinks;
- (plural only) a chain of links
Declension
Declension of hlekkr (strong i-stem, s and ar-genitives)
Descendants
References
- “hlekkr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press