sǫk
See also: sok, SOK, sók, šok, şok, so·k, and s'ok
Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *sakō. Cognate with Low German sake, Old High German sahha and Gothic 𐍃𐌰𐌺 (sak).
Noun
sǫk f (genitive sakar, plural sakar or sakir)
- (legal) legal case, action
- fault
Declension
Declension of sǫk (strong ō-stem, ar and ir-plurals)
| feminine | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | sǫk | sǫkin | sakar, sakir | sakarnar, sakirnar |
| accusative | sǫk | sǫkina | sakar, sakir | sakarnar, sakirnar |
| dative | sǫk | sǫkinni | sǫkum | sǫkunum |
| genitive | sakar | sakarinnar | saka | sakanna |
Derived terms
- sakar
- sakir
Related terms
- saka
Descendants
- Old Danish: sak
- Danish: sag c
- Faroese: sak f
- Icelandic: sök m
- Norwegian Bokmål: sak c
- Norwegian Nynorsk: sak f
- Swedish: sak c
References
- Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon — Íslensk orðsifjabók, 1st edition, 2nd printing (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans.
- sök in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.