veikr

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Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *waikwaz, whence also Old English wāc, Old High German weih.

Adjective

veikr (comparative veikari, superlative veikastr)

  1. pliant
  2. weak

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Old Danish: wegh
  • Middle English: weyk, weike
    English: weak
    Scots: waik
  • Faroese: veikur

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References

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