lakr

Old Norse

Alternative forms
  • lákr

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *laka-, related to *lak(k)ōn- (“to blame, reproach”), from Proto-Indo-European *lok-néh₂-. Cognate with English lack.

Adjective

lakr

  1. lacking in quality
  2. deficient

Declension
    Strong declension of lakr
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative lakr lǫk lakt
accusative lakan laka lakt
dative lǫkum lakri lǫku
genitive laks lakrar laks
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative lakir lakar lǫk
accusative laka lakar lǫk
dative lǫkum lǫkum lǫkum
genitive lakra lakra lakra
    Weak declension of lakr
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative laki laka laka
accusative laka lǫku laka
dative laka lǫku laka
genitive laka lǫku laka
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative lǫku lǫku lǫku
accusative lǫku lǫku lǫku
dative lǫkum lǫkum lǫkum
genitive lǫku lǫku lǫku
    Declension of comparative of lakr
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative lakari lakari lakara
accusative lakara lakari lakara
dative lakara lakari lakara
genitive lakara lakari lakara
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative lakari lakari lakari
accusative lakari lakari lakari
dative lǫkurum lǫkurum lǫkurum
genitive lakari lakari lakari
    Strong declension of superlative of lakr
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative lakastr lǫkust lakast
accusative lakastan lakasta lakast
dative lǫkustum lakastri lǫkustu
genitive lakasts lakastrar lakasts
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative lakastir lakastar lǫkust
accusative lakasta lakastar lǫkust
dative lǫkustum lǫkustum lǫkustum
genitive lakastra lakastra lakastra
    Weak declension of superlative of lakr
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative lakasti lakasta lakasta
accusative lakasta lǫkustu lakasta
dative lakasta lǫkustu lakasta
genitive lakasta lǫkustu lakasta
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative lǫkustu lǫkustu lǫkustu
accusative lǫkustu lǫkustu lǫkustu
dative lǫkustum lǫkustum lǫkustum
genitive lǫkustu lǫkustu lǫkustu

Descendants
  • Icelandic: lakur
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: låk
  • Norwegian Bokmål: låk
  • ⇒ Old Swedish: *ælaker (“always lacking”)

References
  • “lakr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Kroonen, Guus (2013) “lak(k)on-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 325
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