leikr
Old Norse edit
Etymology 1 edit
Inherited from Proto-Norse *ᛚᚨᛁᚲᚨᛉ (*laikaʀ) (attested in compounds), from Proto-Germanic *laikaz, from Proto-Indo-European *leyg- (“jump”). Compare Proto-Germanic *laikaną. Cognates include Old English lāc (“play, sport”), Old High German leih (“song, melody, music”) and Gothic 𐌻𐌰𐌹𐌺𐍃 (laiks, “dance”).
Noun edit
leikr m
Usage notes edit
This word is often used as a suffix, making nouns out of adjectives.
Declension edit
Declension of leikr (strong a-stem)
Derived terms edit
- barnaleikr m (“child's play”)
- barnleikr m (“child's play”)
- dansleikr m (“dance, dancing”)
- eggleikr m
- fárleikr m (“disaster”)
- gamanleikr m (“game”)
- hildileikr m (“game of war”)
- hjáleikr m (“trick”)
- hjǫrleikr m (“swordplay”)
- hringleikr m (“ring-dance”)
- hǫrpuleikr m (“playing on the harp”)
- kappleikr m (“fighting match”)
- mundangleikr m (“moderation”)
- náttleikr m (“night-games”)
- reimleikr m
- skinnleikr m
- skǫfuleikr m
- smáleikr m (“trifling game”)
- spáleikr m (“divination”)
- strengleikar m pl (“stringed instrument”)
- sveinaleikr m (“game of boys”)
- áleikr m (“trick”)
- ísarnleikr m (“battle”)
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- Icelandic: leikur
- Faroese: leikur
- Norwegian Nynorsk: leik
- → Norwegian Bokmål: leik
- Danish: leg
- Norwegian Bokmål: lek
- Old Swedish: leker
Etymology 2 edit
Adjective edit
leikr
Declension edit
Strong declension of leikr
Weak declension of leikr
Declension of comparative of leikr
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | leikari | leikari | leikara |
accusative | leikara | leikari | leikara |
dative | leikara | leikari | leikara |
genitive | leikara | leikari | leikara |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | leikari | leikari | leikari |
accusative | leikari | leikari | leikari |
dative | leikurum | leikurum | leikurum |
genitive | leikari | leikari | leikari |
Strong declension of superlative of leikr
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | leikastr | leikust | leikast |
accusative | leikastan | leikasta | leikast |
dative | leikustum | leikastri | leikustu |
genitive | leikasts | leikastrar | leikasts |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | leikastir | leikastar | leikust |
accusative | leikasta | leikastar | leikust |
dative | leikustum | leikustum | leikustum |
genitive | leikastra | leikastra | leikastra |
Weak declension of superlative of leikr
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | leikasti | leikasta | leikasta |
accusative | leikasta | leikustu | leikasta |
dative | leikasta | leikustu | leikasta |
genitive | leikasta | leikustu | leikasta |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | leikustu | leikustu | leikustu |
accusative | leikustu | leikustu | leikustu |
dative | leikustum | leikustum | leikustum |
genitive | leikustu | leikustu | leikustu |
Derived terms edit
- leikdómr m (“laity”)
- leikfolk n (“laity”)
- leikligr (“lay”)
- leikmaðr m (“layman”)
- leikvald n (“lay power”)
Descendants edit
Etymology 3 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
leikr
References edit
- “leikr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press