hroki

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse hroki, probably from hrokr (“heaped measure, pile”), from Proto-Germanic *hrukan-, *hraukaz.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈr̥ɔːcɪ/
  • Rhymes: -ɔːcɪ

Noun

hroki m (genitive singular hroka, no plural)

  1. arrogance
    Synonyms: dramb, gikksháttur, gorgeir, ofmetnaður, rembingur, rosti, stórlæti, yfirlæti, þótti

Declension
declension of hroki
m-w1 singular
indefinite definite
nominative hroki hrokinn
accusative hroka hrokann
dative hroka hrokanum
genitive hroka hrokans

Derived terms
  • hrokafullur (“arrogant”)
  • hrokagikkur (“arrogant person”)
  • hrokalegur (“overbearing”)

References
  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “hrauka”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 243
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