reykr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *raukiz, whence also Old Frisian rēk (West Frisian reek), Old Saxon rōk (Low German Röök), Old Dutch rouc (Dutch rook), Old High German rouh (German Rauch) and possibly Old English rēc, which might be a loanword from Old Norse reykr.

Noun

reykr m

1. smoke

Declension

Declension of reykr (strong i-stem, ar-genitive)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	reykr	reykrinn	reykir	reykirnir
accusative	reyk	reykinn	reyki	reykina
dative	reyk	reykinum	reykjum	reykjunum
genitive	reykjar, reyks	reykjarins, reyksins	reykja	reykjanna

Related terms

• rjúka

Descendants

• Icelandic: reykur m
• Faroese: roykur m
• Norwegian Nynorsk: røyk m
  • → Norwegian Bokmål: røyk m
• Jamtish: røyk
• Elfdalian: räk
• Old Swedish: rø̄ker m
  • Swedish: rök c or m
• Old Danish: rø̄k m
  • Scanian: rǿg
  • Danish: røg c
    • Norwegian Bokmål: røk m
• Old Gutnish: *roykr
  • Gutnish: råik
• → English: reek

Further reading

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