leikr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *laikaz from *laiko- (“play”). Cognates include Old English lac (“play, sport”), Old High German leih (“song, melody, music”) and Gothic 𐌻𐌰𐌹𐌺𐍃 (laiks, “dance”).

Noun

leikr m

  1. game
  2. sport
  3. contest

Declension

Descendants

  • Danish: leg c
  • Faroese: leikur m
  • Icelandic: leikur m
  • Westrobothnian: leeik n, f
  • Norwegian (bokmål): lek
  • Norwegian (nynorsk): leik
  • Swedish: lek c
  • Finnish: leikki

References

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