slakr
Appearance
Old Norse
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Germanic *slakaz, whence also Old English slæc (English slack).
Adjective
[edit]slakr (comparative slakari, superlative slakastr)
- (normally said of a rope) slack, lax; not tense, not firmly extended
- c. 9th century, Bragi Boddason, Þorr's Fishing, quoted in c. 1220, Snorri Sturluson, Prose Edda, Skáldskaparmál, Chap. 11. Þórskenningar
- Vaðr lá Viðris arfa / vilgi slakr, es rakðisk, / á Eynæfis ǫndri, / Jǫrmungandr at sandi
- The fishing line of Viðrir's inheritor [Thor] / lay not slack / on the ski of Eynæfir [the boat] / when Jǫrmungandr uncoiled on the sea's bottom.
- c. 9th century, Bragi Boddason, Þorr's Fishing, quoted in c. 1220, Snorri Sturluson, Prose Edda, Skáldskaparmál, Chap. 11. Þórskenningar
- slack; weak, not firm
Declension
[edit] Strong declension of slakr
Weak declension of slakr
Declension of comparative of slakr
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | slakari | slakari | slakara |
accusative | slakara | slakari | slakara |
dative | slakara | slakari | slakara |
genitive | slakara | slakari | slakara |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | slakari | slakari | slakari |
accusative | slakari | slakari | slakari |
dative | slakurum | slakurum | slakurum |
genitive | slakari | slakari | slakari |
Strong declension of superlative of slakr
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | slakastr | slakust | slakast |
accusative | slakastan | slakasta | slakast |
dative | slakustum | slakastri | slakustu |
genitive | slakasts | slakastrar | slakasts |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | slakastir | slakastar | slakust |
accusative | slakasta | slakastar | slakust |
dative | slakustum | slakustum | slakustum |
genitive | slakastra | slakastra | slakastra |
Weak declension of superlative of slakr
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | slakasti | slakasta | slakasta |
accusative | slakasta | slakustu | slakasta |
dative | slakasta | slakustu | slakasta |
genitive | slakasta | slakustu | slakasta |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | slakustu | slakustu | slakustu |
accusative | slakustu | slakustu | slakustu |
dative | slakustum | slakustum | slakustum |
genitive | slakustu | slakustu | slakustu |