lœkr

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Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *lōkiz. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *leg- (“to leak, drain”).

Noun

lœkr m (genitive lœkjar, plural lœkir)

brook, rivulet

Declension

Declension of lœkr (strong i-stem, ar-genitive)

masculine	singular		plural
masculine	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	lœkr	lœkrinn	lœkir	lœkirnir
accusative	lœk	lœkinn	lœki	lœkina
dative	lœk	lœkinum	lœkjum	lœkjunum
genitive	lœkjar	lœkjarins	lœkja	lœkjanna

Derived terms

lœkjarfall n (“running brook”)
lœkjarfar n (“the bed of a brook”)
lœkjaróss m (“mouth of a brook”)
lœkjarrás f (“running brook”)

Related terms

leka (“to leak”)

Descendants

Icelandic: lækur
Faroese: løkur
Norn: ljog
Norwegian Nynorsk: løk
Norwegian Bokmål: løk
English: Leake (placename)

Further reading

Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “lœkr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 282; also available at the [https://archive.org/stream/concisedictionar001857

page/282 Internet Archive]

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