flokkr

Old Norse

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Germanic *flukkaz.

Noun

flokkr m (genitive flokks, plural flokkar)

1. flock
2. group of at least five persons
3. a small poem without a refrain

Declension

Declension of flokkr (strong a-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	flokkr	flokkrinn	flokkar	flokkarnir
accusative	flokk	flokkinn	flokka	flokkana
dative	flokki	flokkinum	flokkum	flokkunum
genitive	flokks	flokksins	flokka	flokkanna

Descendants

• Danish: flok
• Faroese: flokkur
• Icelandic: flokkur
• Norwegian Bokmål: flokk
• Norwegian Nynorsk: flokk
• Swedish: flock
• → Norman: fliotchet (Jersey)

Further reading

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