lakr

Old Norse

Alternative forms

• lákr

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *laka-, related to *lak(k)ōn- (“to blame, reproach”), from Proto-Indo-European *lok-néh₂-. Cognate with English lack.

Adjective

lakr

1. lacking in quality
2. deficient

Declension

    Strong declension of lakr

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	lakr	lǫk	lakt
accusative	lakan	laka	lakt
dative	lǫkum	lakri	lǫku
genitive	laks	lakrar	laks
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	lakir	lakar	lǫk
accusative	laka	lakar	lǫk
dative	lǫkum	lǫkum	lǫkum
genitive	lakra	lakra	lakra

    Weak declension of lakr

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	laki	laka	laka
accusative	laka	lǫku	laka
dative	laka	lǫku	laka
genitive	laka	lǫku	laka
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	lǫku	lǫku	lǫku
accusative	lǫku	lǫku	lǫku
dative	lǫkum	lǫkum	lǫkum
genitive	lǫku	lǫku	lǫku

    Declension of comparative of lakr

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	lakari	lakari	lakara
accusative	lakara	lakari	lakara
dative	lakara	lakari	lakara
genitive	lakara	lakari	lakara
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	lakari	lakari	lakari
accusative	lakari	lakari	lakari
dative	lǫkurum	lǫkurum	lǫkurum
genitive	lakari	lakari	lakari

    Strong declension of superlative of lakr

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	lakastr	lǫkust	lakast
accusative	lakastan	lakasta	lakast
dative	lǫkustum	lakastri	lǫkustu
genitive	lakasts	lakastrar	lakasts
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	lakastir	lakastar	lǫkust
accusative	lakasta	lakastar	lǫkust
dative	lǫkustum	lǫkustum	lǫkustum
genitive	lakastra	lakastra	lakastra

    Weak declension of superlative of lakr

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	lakasti	lakasta	lakasta
accusative	lakasta	lǫkustu	lakasta
dative	lakasta	lǫkustu	lakasta
genitive	lakasta	lǫkustu	lakasta
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	lǫkustu	lǫkustu	lǫkustu
accusative	lǫkustu	lǫkustu	lǫkustu
dative	lǫkustum	lǫkustum	lǫkustum
genitive	lǫkustu	lǫkustu	lǫkustu

Related terms

• laki

Descendants

• Icelandic: lakur
• Norwegian Nynorsk: låk
• Norwegian Bokmål: låk
• ⇒ Old Swedish: *ælaker (“always lacking”)
  • Swedish: elak

References

• “lakr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Guus Kroonen (2013) “lak(k)on-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 325