makr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *makaz.

Adjective

makr

1. easy to deal with
2. (only in comparative) more suitable, convenient

Declension

    Strong declension of makr

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	makr	mǫk	makt
accusative	makan	maka	makt
dative	mǫkum	makri	mǫku
genitive	maks	makrar	maks
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	makir	makar	mǫk
accusative	maka	makar	mǫk
dative	mǫkum	mǫkum	mǫkum
genitive	makra	makra	makra

    Weak declension of makr

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	maki	maka	maka
accusative	maka	mǫku	maka
dative	maka	mǫku	maka
genitive	maka	mǫku	maka
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	mǫku	mǫku	mǫku
accusative	mǫku	mǫku	mǫku
dative	mǫkum	mǫkum	mǫkum
genitive	mǫku	mǫku	mǫku

    Declension of comparative of makr

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	makari	makari	makara
accusative	makara	makari	makara
dative	makara	makari	makara
genitive	makara	makari	makara
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	makari	makari	makari
accusative	makari	makari	makari
dative	mǫkurum	mǫkurum	mǫkurum
genitive	makari	makari	makari

    Strong declension of superlative of makr

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	makastr	mǫkust	makast
accusative	makastan	makasta	makast
dative	mǫkustum	makastri	mǫkustu
genitive	makasts	makastrar	makasts
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	makastir	makastar	mǫkust
accusative	makasta	makastar	mǫkust
dative	mǫkustum	mǫkustum	mǫkustum
genitive	makastra	makastra	makastra

    Weak declension of superlative of makr

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	makasti	makasta	makasta
accusative	makasta	mǫkustu	makasta
dative	makasta	mǫkustu	makasta
genitive	makasta	mǫkustu	makasta
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	mǫkustu	mǫkustu	mǫkustu
accusative	mǫkustu	mǫkustu	mǫkustu
dative	mǫkustum	mǫkustum	mǫkustum
genitive	mǫkustu	mǫkustu	mǫkustu

Derived terms

• makligr
• makráðr

Related terms

• maka
• maki

Descendants

• Icelandic: makur
• Faroese: makur
• Norwegian: mak

References

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