bakstr

Old Norse

Etymology

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Noun

bakstr m (genitive bakstrs, plural bakstrar)

1. baking
2. (Christianity) communion bread
3. other baked bread
4. poultice, fomentation
5. warming, rubbing (of the body)

Declension

Declension of bakstr (strong a-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	bakstr	bakstrinn	bakstrar	bakstrarnir
accusative	bakstr	bakstrinn	bakstra	bakstrana
dative	bakstri	bakstrinum	bǫkstrum	bǫkstrunum
genitive	bakstrs	bakstrsins	bakstra	bakstranna

Derived terms

• bakstrbrauð n
• bakstrbuðkr m
• bakstreldr m
• bakstrhús n
• bakstrjarn n
• bakstrkona f
• bakstrofn m
• bakstrsveinn m

Related terms

• baka

Descendants

• Icelandic: bakstur
• Norwegian Nynorsk: bakst, bakster
• Norwegian Bokmål: bakst

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “bakstr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive