hlekkr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hlankiz.

Noun

hlekkr m (genitive hlekks or hlekkjar, plural hlekkir)

  1. link
    • Early 13th century, Háttatal by Snorri Sturluson
      Drífr handar hlekkr, / þar's hilmir drekkr; […]
      The link of the hand [ring > gold] snows, / where the prince drinks; […]
  2. (plural only) a chain of links

Declension
  Declension of hlekkr (strong i-stem, s and ar-genitives)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative hlekkr hlekkrinn hlekkir hlekkirnir
accusative hlekk hlekkinn hlekki hlekkina
dative hlekk hlekkinum hlekkjum hlekkjunum
genitive hlekkjar, hlekks hlekkjarins, hlekksins hlekkja hlekkjanna

Descendants
  • Icelandic: hlekkur m; hlekkja f
  • Norwegian:
    • Norwegian Bokmål: lekk m (a link)
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: lekk m (a link); lekke f, lekkje f; lenke f, lenkje f (a chain)
  • Old Swedish: lænker
  • Danish: lænke c (a chain)
    • → Norwegian Bokmål: lenke m or f

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