flokkr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *flukkaz.

Noun

flokkr m (genitive flokks, plural flokkar)

  1. flock
  2. group of at least five persons
  3. a small poem without a refrain

Declension
  Declension of flokkr (strong a-stem)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative flokkr flokkrinn flokkar flokkarnir
accusative flokk flokkinn flokka flokkana
dative flokki flokkinum flokkum flokkunum
genitive flokks flokksins flokka flokkanna

Descendants
  • Danish: flok
  • Faroese: flokkur
  • Icelandic: flokkur
  • Norwegian: flokk
  • Swedish: flock
  • → Norman: fliotchet (Jersey)

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