saknaðr

Old Norse

Alternative forms

• sǫknuðr

Etymology

From sakna +‎ -naðr.

Noun

saknaðr m (genitive saknaðar, plural saknaðir)

1. sorrow for something that is lost, feeling of loss

Declension

  Declension of saknaðr (strong u-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	saknaðr	saknaðrinn	saknaðir	saknaðirnir
accusative	saknað	saknaðinn	saknaði	saknaðina
dative	saknaði	saknaðinum	sǫknuðum	sǫknuðunum
genitive	saknaðar	saknaðarins	saknaða	saknaðanna

Related terms

• sakna
• sakni

Descendants

• Icelandic: saknaður
• Norwegian Nynorsk: saknad

Further reading

• Richard Cleasby, Guðbrandur Vigfússon (1874) “saknaðr”, in An Icelandic-English Dictionary, 1st edition, Oxford: Oxford Clarendon Press, page 509
• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “saknaðr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 346; also available at the [https://archive.org/stream/concisedictionar001857

1. page/346 Internet Archive]

• “saknaðr” in Dictionary of Old Norse Prose (ONP) at University of Copenhagen