rokkr

See also: røkkr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *rukkô, akin to Old High German rocko.

Noun

rokkr m (genitive rokks, plural rokkar)

spinning wheel, distaff

Declension

Declension of rokkr (strong a-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
masculine	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	rokkr	rokkrinn	rokkar	rokkarnir
accusative	rokk	rokkinn	rokka	rokkana
dative	rokki	rokkinum	rokkum	rokkunum
genitive	rokks	rokksins	rokka	rokkanna

Descendants

Danish: rok c
Faroese: rokkur m
Icelandic: rokkur m

Norwegian: rokk (Bokmål), rokk (Nynorsk)
Swedish: rock

References

rokkr in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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