storkr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *sturkaz, whence also Old English storc, Old High German storh.

Noun

storkr m (genitive storks, plural storkar)

1. stork

Declension

  Declension of storkr (strong a-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	storkr	storkrinn	storkar	storkarnir
accusative	stork	storkinn	storka	storkana
dative	storki	storkinum	storkum	storkunum
genitive	storks	storksins	storka	storkanna

Descendants

• Icelandic: storkur
• Faroese: storkur
• Norwegian Bokmål: stork
• Norwegian Nynorsk: stork
• Old Swedish: storker
  • Swedish: stork
• Old Danish: stork
  • Danish: stork

Further reading

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