rokkr

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Old Norse

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Etymology

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

Noun

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rokkr m (genitive rokks, plural rokkar)

  1. spinning wheel, distaff

Declension

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Descendants

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

References

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