maðkr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *maþikô, diminutive of Proto-Germanic *maþô.

Noun

maðkr m

maggot, grub, worm

Declension

Declension of maðkr (strong a-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
masculine	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	maðkr	maðkrinn	maðkar	maðkarnir
accusative	maðk	maðkinn	maðka	maðkana
dative	maðki	maðkinum	mǫðkum	mǫðkunum
genitive	maðks	maðksins	maðka	maðkanna

Derived terms

maðka
maðkahaf n
maðkasjór m
maðkfullr
maðksjór m
maðksmoginn

Descendants

Icelandic: maðkur
Faroese: maðkur
Norwegian:
Norwegian Nynorsk: makk, mark

Norwegian Bokmål: makk, mark
Old Swedish: maþker
- Swedish: matk, mask
- Northern Sami: mask
Old Danish: mathk
- Danish: maddike, mark
- → German Low German: Maddik, Madik, Meddik, Mett

References

maðkr in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.

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