bekkr

Old Norse

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɛkːr̩/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *bankiz, whence also Old English benc (English bench), Old High German bank (German Bank).

Noun

bekkr m (genitive bekkjar or bekks, plural bekkir)

1. (Old West Norse) bench

Declension

  Declension of bekkr (strong i-stem, s and ar-genitives)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	bekkr	bekkrinn	bekkir	bekkirnir
accusative	bekk	bekkinn	bekki	bekkina
dative	bekk	bekkinum	bekkjum	bekkjunum
genitive	bekkjar, bekks	bekkjarins, bekksins	bekkja	bekkjanna

Descendants

• Icelandic: bekkur
• Faroese: bekkur

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *bakiz, whence also German Bach.

Noun

bekkr m (genitive bekkjar or bekks, plural bekkir)

1. brook, creek

Declension

  Declension of bekkr (strong i-stem, s and ar-genitives)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	bekkr	bekkrinn	bekkir	bekkirnir
accusative	bekk	bekkinn	bekki	bekkina
dative	bekk	bekkinum	bekkjum	bekkjunum
genitive	bekkjar, bekks	bekkjarins, bekksins	bekkja	bekkjanna

Descendants

• Old Danish: bæk
  • Danish: bæk
• Old Swedish: bækker
  • Swedish: bäck
• Norwegian Bokmål: bekk
• Norwegian Nynorsk: bekk
• Icelandic: bekkur
• → Old English: bæc, becc (mostly in placenames)
  • Middle English: bec, becc
    • Scots: bek, bekk
    • English: beck
• → Old Norman: bec (mostly in placenames)

References

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