spakr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *spakaz, from Proto-Indo-European *speḱ- (“to observe, look”). Cognate with Old High German spah.

Adjective

spakr (comparative spakari, superlative spakastr)

  1. quiet, gentle
  2. wise, with the notion of prophetic vision

Declension
    Strong declension of spakr
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative spakr spǫk spakt
accusative spakan spaka spakt
dative spǫkum spakri spǫku
genitive spaks spakrar spaks
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative spakir spakar spǫk
accusative spaka spakar spǫk
dative spǫkum spǫkum spǫkum
genitive spakra spakra spakra
    Weak declension of spakr
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative spaki spaka spaka
accusative spaka spǫku spaka
dative spaka spǫku spaka
genitive spaka spǫku spaka
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative spǫku spǫku spǫku
accusative spǫku spǫku spǫku
dative spǫkum spǫkum spǫkum
genitive spǫku spǫku spǫku
    Declension of comparative of spakr
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative spakari spakari spakara
accusative spakara spakari spakara
dative spakara spakari spakara
genitive spakara spakari spakara
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative spakari spakari spakari
accusative spakari spakari spakari
dative spǫkurum spǫkurum spǫkurum
genitive spakari spakari spakari
    Strong declension of superlative of spakr
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative spakastr spǫkust spakast
accusative spakastan spakasta spakast
dative spǫkustum spakastri spǫkustu
genitive spakasts spakastrar spakasts
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative spakastir spakastar spǫkust
accusative spakasta spakastar spǫkust
dative spǫkustum spǫkustum spǫkustum
genitive spakastra spakastra spakastra
    Weak declension of superlative of spakr
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative spakasti spakasta spakasta
accusative spakasta spǫkustu spakasta
dative spakasta spǫkustu spakasta
genitive spakasta spǫkustu spakasta
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative spǫkustu spǫkustu spǫkustu
accusative spǫkustu spǫkustu spǫkustu
dative spǫkustum spǫkustum spǫkustum
genitive spǫkustu spǫkustu spǫkustu

Synonyms

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Icelandic: spakur
  • Faroese: spakur
  • Norwegian Bokmål: spak
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: spak
  • Old Swedish: spaker
  • → Middle English: spake

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