sjúkleikr

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Old Norse

Alternative forms

Etymology

From sjúkr (“ill, sick”) +‎ -leikr.

Noun

sjúkleikr m

  1. sickness, illness
    Synonyms: sjúkdómr, sjúknaðr, sótt

Declension

  Declension of sjúkleikr (strong a-stem)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative sjúkleikr sjúkleikrinn sjúkleikar sjúkleikarnir
accusative sjúkleik sjúkleikinn sjúkleika sjúkleikana
dative sjúkleiki sjúkleikinum sjúkleikum sjúkleikunum
genitive sjúkleiks sjúkleiksins sjúkleika sjúkleikanna

Further reading

  • Richard Cleasby, Guðbrandur Vigfússon (1874) “sjúkleikr”, in An Icelandic-English Dictionary, 1st edition, Oxford: Oxford Clarendon Press, page 535
  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “sjúkleikr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 365; also available at the [https://archive.org/stream/concisedictionar001857
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