sǫknuðr

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Old Norse

Alternative forms

Etymology

From sakna +‎ -nuðr, with u-umlaut.

Noun

sǫknuðr m (genitive saknaðar, plural saknaðir)

  1. sorrow for something that is lost, feeling of loss

Declension

Declension of sǫknuðr (strong u-stem)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative sǫknuðr sǫknuðrinn saknaðir saknaðirnir
accusative sǫknuð sǫknuðinn saknaði saknaðina
dative saknaði saknaðinum sǫknuðum sǫknuðunum
genitive saknaðar saknaðarins saknaða saknaðanna

Descendants

  • Icelandic: söknuður

Further reading

  • Richard Cleasby, Guðbrandur Vigfússon (1874) “sǫknuðr”, in An Icelandic-English Dictionary, 1st edition, Oxford: Oxford Clarendon Press, page 509
  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “söknuðr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 346; also available at the [https://archive.org/stream/concisedictionar001857
  1. page/346 Internet Archive]
  • “sǫknuðr” in Dictionary of Old Norse Prose (ONP) at University of Copenhagen
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