dilkr

Old Norse

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁(y)- (“to suckle, nurse”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

dilkr m

  1. a sucking lamb, kid, calf, pig

Declension

Declension of dilkr (strong a-stem)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative dilkr dilkrinn dilkar dilkarnir
accusative dilk dilkinn dilka dilkana
dative dilki dilkinum dilkum dilkunum
genitive dilks dilksins dilka dilkanna

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Icelandic: dilkur

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “dilkr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive
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