rokkr

See also: røkkr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *rukkô, akin to Old High German rocko.

Noun

rokkr m (genitive rokks, plural rokkar)

1. spinning wheel, distaff

Declension

Declension of rokkr (strong a-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	rokkr	rokkrinn	rokkar	rokkarnir
accusative	rokk	rokkinn	rokka	rokkana
dative	rokki	rokkinum	rokkum	rokkunum
genitive	rokks	rokksins	rokka	rokkanna

Descendants

• Danish: rok c
• Faroese: rokkur m
• Icelandic: rokkur m
• Norwegian: rokk (Bokmål), rokk (Nynorsk)
• Swedish: rock

Further reading

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