þekkr
Appearance
Old Norse
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Germanic *þakjaz. Cognate with Old High German dekkist (superlative). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Adjective
[edit]þekkr
- agreeable, pleasing, liked, dear
- Early 13th century, Háttatal by Snorri Sturluson
- Drífr handar hlekkr, / þar's hilmir drekkr; / mjǫk's brǫgnum bekkr / blíðskálar þekkr
- The link of the hand [ring > gold] snows, / where the prince drinks; / much pleasing is to men / the brook of the joyous cup.
- Early 13th century, Háttatal by Snorri Sturluson
Declension
[edit]Originally being a ja-stem, this adjective often (but not always) has a -j- before vowels other than -i, for instance strong. fem. nom./acc. pl. þekkjar in the Icelandic Homily Book[1].
Strong declension of þekkr
Weak declension of þekkr
Declension of comparative of þekkr
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | þekkari | þekkari | þekkara |
accusative | þekkara | þekkari | þekkara |
dative | þekkara | þekkari | þekkara |
genitive | þekkara | þekkari | þekkara |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | þekkari | þekkari | þekkari |
accusative | þekkari | þekkari | þekkari |
dative | þekkurum | þekkurum | þekkurum |
genitive | þekkari | þekkari | þekkari |
Strong declension of superlative of þekkr
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | þekkastr | þekkust | þekkast |
accusative | þekkastan | þekkasta | þekkast |
dative | þekkustum | þekkastri | þekkustu |
genitive | þekkasts | þekkastrar | þekkasts |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | þekkastir | þekkastar | þekkust |
accusative | þekkasta | þekkastar | þekkust |
dative | þekkustum | þekkustum | þekkustum |
genitive | þekkastra | þekkastra | þekkastra |
Weak declension of superlative of þekkr
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | þekkasti | þekkasta | þekkasta |
accusative | þekkasta | þekkustu | þekkasta |
dative | þekkasta | þekkustu | þekkasta |
genitive | þekkasta | þekkustu | þekkasta |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | þekkustu | þekkustu | þekkustu |
accusative | þekkustu | þekkustu | þekkustu |
dative | þekkustum | þekkustum | þekkustum |
genitive | þekkustu | þekkustu | þekkustu |
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- “þekkr” in: Richard Cleasby, Guðbrandur Vigfússon — An Icelandic-English Dictionary (1874)