spakr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *spakaz, from Proto-Indo-European *speḱ- (“to observe, look”). Cognate with Old High German spah.

Adjective

spakr (comparative spakari, superlative spakastr)

1. quiet, gentle
2. wise, with the notion of prophetic vision

Declension

    Strong declension of spakr

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	spakr	spǫk	spakt
accusative	spakan	spaka	spakt
dative	spǫkum	spakri	spǫku
genitive	spaks	spakrar	spaks
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	spakir	spakar	spǫk
accusative	spaka	spakar	spǫk
dative	spǫkum	spǫkum	spǫkum
genitive	spakra	spakra	spakra

    Weak declension of spakr

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	spaki	spaka	spaka
accusative	spaka	spǫku	spaka
dative	spaka	spǫku	spaka
genitive	spaka	spǫku	spaka
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	spǫku	spǫku	spǫku
accusative	spǫku	spǫku	spǫku
dative	spǫkum	spǫkum	spǫkum
genitive	spǫku	spǫku	spǫku

    Declension of comparative of spakr

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	spakari	spakari	spakara
accusative	spakara	spakari	spakara
dative	spakara	spakari	spakara
genitive	spakara	spakari	spakara
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	spakari	spakari	spakari
accusative	spakari	spakari	spakari
dative	spǫkurum	spǫkurum	spǫkurum
genitive	spakari	spakari	spakari

    Strong declension of superlative of spakr

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	spakastr	spǫkust	spakast
accusative	spakastan	spakasta	spakast
dative	spǫkustum	spakastri	spǫkustu
genitive	spakasts	spakastrar	spakasts
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	spakastir	spakastar	spǫkust
accusative	spakasta	spakastar	spǫkust
dative	spǫkustum	spǫkustum	spǫkustum
genitive	spakastra	spakastra	spakastra

    Weak declension of superlative of spakr

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	spakasti	spakasta	spakasta
accusative	spakasta	spǫkustu	spakasta
dative	spakasta	spǫkustu	spakasta
genitive	spakasta	spǫkustu	spakasta
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	spǫkustu	spǫkustu	spǫkustu
accusative	spǫkustu	spǫkustu	spǫkustu
dative	spǫkustum	spǫkustum	spǫkustum
genitive	spǫkustu	spǫkustu	spǫkustu

Synonyms

• vitr

Derived terms

• speki

Descendants

• Icelandic: spakur
• Faroese: spakur
• Norwegian Bokmål: spak
• Norwegian Nynorsk: spak
• Old Swedish: spaker
  • Swedish: spak
• Danish: spag
• → Middle English: spake
  • English: spake

References

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