flokkr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *flukkaz.

Noun

flokkr m (genitive flokks, plural flokkar)

1. flock
2. group of at least five persons
3. a small poem without a refrain

Declension

  Declension of flokkr (strong a-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	flokkr	flokkrinn	flokkar	flokkarnir
accusative	flokk	flokkinn	flokka	flokkana
dative	flokki	flokkinum	flokkum	flokkunum
genitive	flokks	flokksins	flokka	flokkanna

Descendants

• Danish: flok
• Faroese: flokkur
• Icelandic: flokkur

• Norman: fliotchet (Jersey)
• Norwegian: flokk
• Swedish: flock

References

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