sǫk

See also: Appendix:Variations of "sok"

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Norse *ᛊᚨᚲᚢ (*saku), from Proto-Germanic *sakō. Cognate with English sake, Old High German sahha, German Sache and Gothic 𐍃𐌰𐌺 (sak).

Noun

sǫk f (genitive sakar, plural sakar or sakir)

1. (law) legal case, action
2. fault

Declension

  Declension of sǫk (strong ō-stem, ar and ir-plurals)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	sǫk	sǫkin	sakar, sakir	sakarnar, sakirnar
accusative	sǫk	sǫkina	sakar, sakir	sakarnar, sakirnar
dative	sǫk	sǫkinni	sǫkum	sǫkunum
genitive	sakar	sakarinnar	saka	sakanna

Derived terms

• sakar
• sakir

Related terms

• saka

Descendants

• Icelandic: sök
• Faroese: sak, søk
• Norwegian Nynorsk: sak; (dialectal) sok
• Old Swedish: sak
  • Swedish: sak c or f
• Old Danish: sak
  • Danish: sag c
    • Norwegian Bokmål: sak m or f

References

• Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon — Íslensk orðsifjabók, (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans. (Available on Málið.is under the “Eldra mál” tab.)
• sök in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.