lœkr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *lōkiz. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *leg- (“to leak, drain”).

Noun

lœkr m (genitive lœkjar, plural lœkir)

1. brook, rivulet

Declension

  Declension of lœkr (strong i-stem, ar-genitive)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	lœkr	lœkrinn	lœkir	lœkirnir
accusative	lœk	lœkinn	lœki	lœkina
dative	lœk	lœkinum	lœkjum	lœkjunum
genitive	lœkjar	lœkjarins	lœkja	lœkjanna

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 Nynorsk: løk
• Norwegian Bokmål: løk
• English: Leake (placename)

References

• lœkr in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.