lœkr
Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *lōkiz. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- (“to leak, drain”).
Noun
lœkr m (genitive lœkjar, plural lœkir)
Declension
Declension of lœkr (strong i-stem, ar-genitive)
Derived terms
- lœkjarfall n (“running brook”)
- lœkjarfar n (“the bed of a brook”)
- lœkjaróss m (“mouth of a brook”)
- lœkjarrás f (“running brook”)
Related terms
- leka (“to leak”)
Descendants
- Icelandic: lækur
- Faroese: løkur
- Norn: ljog
- Norwegian:
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- English: Leake (placename)
References
- lœkr in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.