nykr
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Old Norse[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Germanic *nikwiz-, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *nigʷ-, cognates with the German Nix, Nixe and Nixie from the Middle High German nickes, from Old High German nihhus (“water-elf, crocodile”). Cognate with Old English nicor (“water-elf, hippopotamus, walrus”) (English nicker) and Swedish Näcken.
Noun[edit]
nykr m (genitive nykrs, plural nykrar)
- (mythology) a water-demon, the nixie, the nick; (mostly appearing as a grey horse-like creature with inverted hoofs and forward fetlocks that emerges from lakes)
Declension[edit]
Declension of nykr (strong a-stem)