eyki

Old Norse

Etymology

The expected outcome of Proto-Germanic *jaukiją. Related to ok (“yoke”), eykr (“draft animal”).

Noun

eyki n (genitive eykis)

1. vehicle, cart

Declension

  Declension of eyki (strong ija-stem)

neuter	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	eyki	eykit	eyki	eykin
accusative	eyki	eykit	eyki	eykin
dative	eyki	eykinu	eykjum	eykjunum
genitive	eykis	eykisins	eykja	eykjanna

Derived terms

• eykhestr m (“cart-horse”)

Noun

eyki

1. accusative plural indefinite of eykr

References

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