bekkr

Old Norse

Pronunciation
  • (12th century Icelandic) IPA(key): /ˈbɛkːr̩/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *bankiz, whence also Old English benc (English bench), Old High German bank (German Bank).

Noun

bekkr m (genitive bekkjar or bekks, plural bekkir)

  1. (Old West Norse) bench
Declension
  Declension of bekkr (strong i-stem, s and ar-genitives)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative bekkr bekkrinn bekkir bekkirnir
accusative bekk bekkinn bekki bekkina
dative bekk bekkinum bekkjum bekkjunum
genitive bekkjar, bekks bekkjarins, bekksins bekkja bekkjanna
Descendants
  • Icelandic: bekkur
  • Faroese: bekkur
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: bekk

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *bakiz, whence also German Bach.

Noun

bekkr m (genitive bekkjar or bekks, plural bekkir)

  1. brook, creek
Declension
  Declension of bekkr (strong i-stem, s and ar-genitives)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative bekkr bekkrinn bekkir bekkirnir
accusative bekk bekkinn bekki bekkina
dative bekk bekkinum bekkjum bekkjunum
genitive bekkjar, bekks bekkjarins, bekksins bekkja bekkjanna
Descendants

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