þurkan

Old Norse

Etymology 1

From þurka (“to dry”) +‎ -an.

Noun

þurkan f (genitive þurkanar, plural þurkanir)

1. drying

Declension

  Declension of þurkan (strong i-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	þurkan	þurkanin	þurkanir	þurkanirnar
accusative	þurkan	þurkanina	þurkanir	þurkanirnar
dative	þurkan	þurkaninni	þurkunum	þurkununum
genitive	þurkanar	þurkanarinnar	þurkana	þurkananna

References

• þurkan in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.

Etymology 2

Noun

þurkan

1. nominative singular definite of þurka