lekr

Old Norse

Etymology 1

Related to leka (“to leak”).

Adjective

lekr

1. leaky

Declension

Strong declension of lekr

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	lekr	lek	lekt
accusative	lekan	leka	lekt
dative	lekum	lekri	leku
genitive	leks	lekrar	leks
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	lekir	lekar	lek
accusative	leka	lekar	lek
dative	lekum	lekum	lekum
genitive	lekra	lekra	lekra

Weak declension of lekr

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	leki	leka	leka
accusative	leka	leku	leka
dative	leka	leku	leka
genitive	leka	leku	leka
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	leku	leku	leku
accusative	leku	leku	leku
dative	lekum	lekum	lekum
genitive	leku	leku	leku

Declension of comparative of lekr

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	lekari	lekari	lekara
accusative	lekara	lekari	lekara
dative	lekara	lekari	lekara
genitive	lekara	lekari	lekara
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	lekari	lekari	lekari
accusative	lekari	lekari	lekari
dative	lekurum	lekurum	lekurum
genitive	lekari	lekari	lekari

Strong declension of superlative of lekr

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	lekastr	lekust	lekast
accusative	lekastan	lekasta	lekast
dative	lekustum	lekastri	lekustu
genitive	lekasts	lekastrar	lekasts
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	lekastir	lekastar	lekust
accusative	lekasta	lekastar	lekust
dative	lekustum	lekustum	lekustum
genitive	lekastra	lekastra	lekastra

Weak declension of superlative of lekr

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	lekasti	lekasta	lekasta
accusative	lekasta	lekustu	lekasta
dative	lekasta	lekustu	lekasta
genitive	lekasta	lekustu	lekasta
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	lekustu	lekustu	lekustu
accusative	lekustu	lekustu	lekustu
dative	lekustum	lekustum	lekustum
genitive	lekustu	lekustu	lekustu

Descendants

• Icelandic: lekur
• Norwegian Nynorsk: lek

Etymology 2

Verb

lekr

1. second/third-person singular present indicative of leka

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “lekr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive