bekkr

Old Norse

Pronunciation

• (12th century Icelandic) IPA^(key): /ˈbɛkːr̩/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *bankiz, whence also Old English benc (English bench), Old High German bank (German Bank).

Noun

bekkr m (genitive bekkjar or bekks, plural bekkir)

1. (Old West Norse) bench

Declension

  Declension of bekkr (strong i-stem, s and ar-genitives)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	bekkr	bekkrinn	bekkir	bekkirnir
accusative	bekk	bekkinn	bekki	bekkina
dative	bekk	bekkinum	bekkjum	bekkjunum
genitive	bekkjar, bekks	bekkjarins, bekksins	bekkja	bekkjanna

Derived terms

• bekkþili n

Descendants

• Icelandic: bekkur
• Faroese: bekkur
• Norwegian Nynorsk: bekk

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *bakiz, whence also German Bach.

Noun

bekkr m (genitive bekkjar or bekks, plural bekkir)

1. brook, creek

Declension

  Declension of bekkr (strong i-stem, s and ar-genitives)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	bekkr	bekkrinn	bekkir	bekkirnir
accusative	bekk	bekkinn	bekki	bekkina
dative	bekk	bekkinum	bekkjum	bekkjunum
genitive	bekkjar, bekks	bekkjarins, bekksins	bekkja	bekkjanna

Descendants

• Icelandic: bekkur
• Norwegian Nynorsk: bekk
• Norwegian Bokmål: bekk
• Old Danish: bæk
  • Danish: bæk
• Old Swedish: bækker
  • Swedish: bäck
• → Old English: bæc, becc (mostly in placenames)
  • Middle English: bec, becc
    • Scots: bek, bekk
    • English: beck
• → Old Norman: bec (mostly in placenames)

References

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