See also: røkkr

Old Norse edit

Etymology edit

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

Noun edit

rokkr m (genitive rokks, plural rokkar)

  1. spinning wheel, distaff

Declension edit

Descendants edit

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

References edit

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