grikkr

Old Norse

Etymology

Borrowed from Old East Slavic грькъ (grĭkŭ) or Proto-Slavic *grьkъ, which is borrowed from Latin Graecus.

Noun

grikkr m

1. the Byzantine Greeks
2. a person travelling to Byzantium

Declension

  Declension of grikkr (strong i-stem, s-genitive)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	grikkr	grikkrinn	grikkir	grikkirnir
accusative	grikk	grikkinn	grikki	grikkina
dative	grikk	grikkinum	grikkjum	grikkjunum
genitive	grikks	grikksins	grikkja	grikkjanna

Derived terms

• Grikkjaland (“Greece”)

Descendants

• Icelandic: Grikki
• Swedish: grek