vǫk

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wakwō. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wegʷ-. Cognate to Middle Low German wake.

Noun

vǫk f

a hole in the ice, a polynya

Declension

Declension of vǫk (strong ō-stem, ar and ir-plurals)

feminine	singular		plural
feminine	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	vǫk	vǫkin	vakar, vakir	vakarnar, vakirnar
accusative	vǫk	vǫkina	vakar, vakir	vakarnar, vakirnar
dative	vǫk	vǫkinni	vǫkum	vǫkunum
genitive	vakar	vakarinnar	vaka	vakanna

Derived terms

vǫkóttr

Related terms

vǫkr

Descendants

Icelandic: vök
Swedish: vak
Scanian: vag
Danish: våg
Dalian: wåk
Norwegian: vok, våk
Westrobothnian: vak, väk

References

vök in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.

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