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Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *slakaz, whence also Old English slæc (English slack).
Adjective
slakr (comparative slakari, superlative slakastr)
- (normally said of a rope) slack, lax; not tense, not firmly extended
- c. 9th century, Bragi Boddason, Þorr's Fishing, quoted in c. 1220, Snorri Sturluson, Prose Edda, Skáldskaparmál, Chap. 11. Þórskenningar
Vaðr lá Viðris arfa / vilgi slakr, es rakðisk, / á Eynæfis ǫndri, / Jǫrmungandr at sandi- The fishing line of Viðrir's inheritor / lay not slack / on the ski of Eynæfir / when Jǫrmungandr uncoiled on the sea's bottom.
- slack; weak, not firm
Declension
Strong declension of slakr
Declension of comparative of slakr
Strong declension of superlative of slakr
Weak declension of superlative of slakr
Descendants