leikr

== Old Norse == === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Proto-Norse *ᛚᚨᛁᚲᚨᛉ (*laikaʀ) (attested in compounds), from Proto-Germanic *laikaz, from Proto-Indo-European *leyg- (“jump”). Compare Proto-Germanic *laikaną. Cognates include Old English lāc (“play, sport”), Old High German leih (“song, melody, music”) and Gothic 𐌻𐌰𐌹𐌺𐍃 (laiks, “dance”). ==== Noun ==== leikr m play, sport ===== Usage notes ===== This word is often used as a suffix, making nouns out of adjectives. ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== leika ===== Descendants ===== Icelandic: leikur Faroese: leikur Norwegian Nynorsk: leik → Norwegian Bokmål: leik Old Danish: lek Danish: leg Norwegian Bokmål: lek Old Swedish: leker Swedish: lek → Finnish: leikki === Etymology 2 === From Latin laicus (“lay”). ==== Adjective ==== leikr lay ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== leikdómr m (“laity”) leikfolk n (“laity”) leikligr (“lay”) leikmaðr m (“layman”) leikvald n (“lay power”) ===== Descendants ===== Norwegian Nynorsk: lek Norwegian Bokmål: lek Danish: læg === Etymology 3 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== leikr second/third-person singular present indicative active of leika === Further reading === Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “leikr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive