dilkr

Old Norse

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁(y)- (“to suckle, nurse”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

dilkr m

1. a sucking lamb, kid, calf, pig

Declension

  Declension of dilkr (strong a-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	dilkr	dilkrinn	dilkar	dilkarnir
accusative	dilk	dilkinn	dilka	dilkana
dative	dilki	dilkinum	dilkum	dilkunum
genitive	dilks	dilksins	dilka	dilkanna

Derived terms

• dilkfé n
• dilkshǫfuð n
• dilkær f

Descendants

• Icelandic: dilkur

References

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