OKKARR

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

OKKARR

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 OKKARR

adj. pron., f. okkur, n. okkat and okkort, gen. pl. okkarra; contr. forms okkrir, okkrar, okkrum: [a Goth. uggqvar is supposed, answering to iggqvis; A. S. uncer = Gr. νωϊτερος]:—our, in dual; okkarr mestr vinr, Fms. ii. 221; tal okkat, Sks. 12 B; okkat viðtal, Fs. 8; vætti okkat, Nj. 233; okkart félag, Fms. v. 254; vápn okkur, Al. 138; okkarri sameign, Fs. 7; feðra, hesta, búa okkarra, Ld. 40, Fms. ii. 8, 105, Eg. 95; vættis-burð okkrum, Nj. 233; okkru liði, Eg. 283; skyldleika okkra, Ld. 40; fund okkarn, Nj. 8; okkarn glæp, Fms. x. 261; dauda okkars, i. 216, and passim:—adding a genitive; skip okkat Özurar, the ship of O. and myself, Nj. 8; frændsemi okkra Magnúss, Fms. vi. 178:—used as a subst., hvára-tveggi okkar, both of us, Nj. 55; hvárrgi okkarr, Eg. 195; sér hvárt okkart, each of us separately, Fms. vi. 104; hvártki okkat, neither of us, Nj. 10; hvárs tveggja okkars, Fms. i. 216, x. 270; hvárrgi okkarr Geirs, neither of us, G. nor I, Nj. 80. ☞ In mod. usage the possessive okkarr is superseded by an indeclinable okkar (gen.)

Runic Inscription

ᚢᚴᚴᛅᚱᚱ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

A. S.
Anglo-Saxon.
adj
adjective.
adj.
adjective.
ch
chapter.
contr.
contracted.
f.
feminine.
gen.
genitive.
gl
glossary.
Goth.
Gothic.
Gr.
Greek.
l.
Linnæus.
mod
modern.
mod.
modern.
n.
neuter.
pl.
plural.
pron.
pronoun, pronominal, pronominally.
S.
South, Southern.
s. v.
sub verbo.
subst
substantive, substantival, substantivally.
subst.
substantive, substantival, substantivally.
v.
vide, verb.

Works & Authors

Al.
Alexanders Saga. (G. I.)
Eg.
Egils Saga. (D. II.)
Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Fs.
Forn-sögur. (D. II.)
Ld.
Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)
Nj.
Njála. (D. II.)
Sks.
Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)

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