maðkr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *maþikô, diminutive of Proto-Germanic *maþô.

Noun

maðkr m

1. maggot, grub, worm

Declension

  Declension of maðkr (strong a-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	maðkr	maðkrinn	maðkar	maðkarnir
accusative	maðk	maðkinn	maðka	maðkana
dative	maðki	maðkinum	mǫðkum	mǫðkunum
genitive	maðks	maðksins	maðka	maðkanna

Derived terms

• maðka
• maðkahaf n
• maðkasjór m
• maðkfullr
• maðksjór m
• maðksmoginn

Descendants

• Icelandic: maðkur
• Faroese: maðkur
• Norwegian:

  Norwegian Nynorsk: makk, mark

  Norwegian Bokmål: makk, mark

• Old Swedish: maþker
  • Swedish: matk, mask
  • Northern Sami: mask
• Old Danish: mathk
  • Danish: maddike, mark
  • → German Low German: Maddik, Madik, Meddik, Mett

References

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