leikr

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Old Norse[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Inherited from Proto-Norse *ᛚᚨᛁᚲᚨᛉ (*laikaʀ) (attested in compounds), from Proto-Germanic *laikaz, from Proto-Indo-European *leyg- (jump). Compare Proto-Germanic *laikaną. Cognates include Old English lāc (play, sport), Old High German leih (song, melody, music) and Gothic 𐌻𐌰𐌹𐌺𐍃 (laiks, dance).

Noun[edit]

leikr m

  1. play, sport
Usage notes[edit]

This word is often used as a suffix, making nouns out of adjectives.

Declension[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
  • Icelandic: leikur
  • Faroese: leikur
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: leik
    • Norwegian Bokmål: leik
  • Danish: leg
    • Norwegian Bokmål: lek
  • Old Swedish: leker

Etymology 2[edit]

From Latin laicus (lay).

Adjective[edit]

leikr

  1. lay
Declension[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: lek
  • Norwegian Bokmål: lek
  • Danish: læg

Etymology 3[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb[edit]

leikr

  1. second/third-person singular present indicative active of leika

References[edit]

  • leikr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press