leikr

Old Norse

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Norse *ᛚᚨᛁᚲᚨᛉ (*laikaʀ) (attested in compounds), from Proto-Germanic *laikaz, from Proto-Indo-European *leyg- (“jump”). Compare Proto-Germanic *laikaną. Cognates include Old English lāc (“play, sport”), Old High German leih (“song, melody, music”) and Gothic 𐌻𐌰𐌹𐌺𐍃 (laiks, “dance”).

Noun

leikr m

  1. play, sport
Usage notes

This word is often used as a suffix, making nouns out of adjectives.

Declension
  Declension of leikr (strong a-stem)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative leikr leikrinn leikar leikarnir
accusative leik leikinn leika leikana
dative leiki leikinum leikum leikunum
genitive leiks leiksins leika leikanna
Derived terms
  • barnaleikr m (“child's play”)
  • barnleikr m (“child's play”)
  • dansleikr m (“dance, dancing”)
  • eggleikr m
  • fárleikr m (“disaster”)
  • gamanleikr m (“game”)
  • hildileikr m (“game of war”)
  • hjáleikr m (“trick”)
  • hjǫrleikr m (“swordplay”)
  • hringleikr m (“ring-dance”)
  • hǫrpuleikr m (“playing on the harp”)
  • kappleikr m (“fighting match”)
  • mundangleikr m (“moderation”)
  • náttleikr m (“night-games”)
  • reimleikr m
  • skinnleikr m
  • skǫfuleikr m
  • smáleikr m (“trifling game”)
  • spáleikr m (“divination”)
  • strengleikar m pl (“stringed instrument”)
  • sveinaleikr m (“game of boys”)
  • áleikr m (“trick”)
  • ísarnleikr m (“battle”)
Old Norse terms suffixed with -leikr
Descendants
  • Icelandic: leikur
  • Faroese: leikur
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: leik
    • → Norwegian Bokmål: leik
  • Danish: leg
    • Norwegian Bokmål: lek
  • Old Swedish: leker

Etymology 2

From Latin laicus (“lay”).

Adjective

leikr

  1. lay
Declension
    Strong declension of leikr
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative leikr leik leikt
accusative leikan leika leikt
dative leikum leikri leiku
genitive leiks leikrar leiks
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative leikir leikar leik
accusative leika leikar leik
dative leikum leikum leikum
genitive leikra leikra leikra
    Weak declension of leikr
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative leiki leika leika
accusative leika leiku leika
dative leika leiku leika
genitive leika leiku leika
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative leiku leiku leiku
accusative leiku leiku leiku
dative leikum leikum leikum
genitive leiku leiku leiku
    Declension of comparative of leikr
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative leikari leikari leikara
accusative leikara leikari leikara
dative leikara leikari leikara
genitive leikara leikari leikara
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative leikari leikari leikari
accusative leikari leikari leikari
dative leikurum leikurum leikurum
genitive leikari leikari leikari
    Strong declension of superlative of leikr
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative leikastr leikust leikast
accusative leikastan leikasta leikast
dative leikustum leikastri leikustu
genitive leikasts leikastrar leikasts
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative leikastir leikastar leikust
accusative leikasta leikastar leikust
dative leikustum leikustum leikustum
genitive leikastra leikastra leikastra
    Weak declension of superlative of leikr
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative leikasti leikasta leikasta
accusative leikasta leikustu leikasta
dative leikasta leikustu leikasta
genitive leikasta leikustu leikasta
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative leikustu leikustu leikustu
accusative leikustu leikustu leikustu
dative leikustum leikustum leikustum
genitive leikustu leikustu leikustu
Derived terms
  • leikdómr m (“laity”)
  • leikfolk n (“laity”)
  • leikligr (“lay”)
  • leikmaðr m (“layman”)
  • leikvald n (“lay power”)
Descendants
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: lek
  • Norwegian Bokmål: lek
  • Danish: læg

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

leikr

  1. second/third-person singular present indicative active of leika

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