slakr

Old Norse

slakr (comparative slakari, superlative slakastr)

(normally said of a rope) slack, lax; not tense, not firmly extended
- c. 9th century, Bragi Boddason, Þorr's Fishing, quoted in c. 1220, Snorri Sturluson, Prose Edda, Skáldskaparmál, Chap. 11. Þórskenningar
  Vaðr lá Viðris arfa / vilgi slakr, es rakðisk, / á Eynæfis ǫndri, / Jǫrmungandr at sandi
  The fishing line of Viðrir's inheritor [Thor] / lay not slack / on the ski of Eynæfir [the boat] / when Jǫrmungandr uncoiled on the sea's bottom.
slack; weak, not firm

Strong declension of slakr

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	slakr	slak	slakt
accusative	slakan	slaka	slakt
dative	slakum	slakri	slaku
genitive	slaks	slakrar	slaks
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	slakir	slakar	slak
accusative	slaka	slakar	slak
dative	slakum	slakum	slakum
genitive	slakra	slakra	slakra

Weak declension of slakr

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	slaki	slaka	slaka
accusative	slaka	slaku	slaka
dative	slaka	slaku	slaka
genitive	slaka	slaku	slaka
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	slaku	slaku	slaku
accusative	slaku	slaku	slaku
dative	slakum	slakum	slakum
genitive	slaku	slaku	slaku

Declension of comparative of slakr

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	slakari	slakari	slakara
accusative	slakara	slakari	slakara
dative	slakara	slakari	slakara
genitive	slakara	slakari	slakara
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	slakari	slakari	slakari
accusative	slakari	slakari	slakari
dative	slakurum	slakurum	slakurum
genitive	slakari	slakari	slakari

Strong declension of superlative of slakr

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	slakastr	slakust	slakast
accusative	slakastan	slakasta	slakast
dative	slakustum	slakastri	slakustu
genitive	slakasts	slakastrar	slakasts
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	slakastir	slakastar	slakust
accusative	slakasta	slakastar	slakust
dative	slakustum	slakustum	slakustum
genitive	slakastra	slakastra	slakastra

Weak declension of superlative of slakr

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	slakasti	slakasta	slakasta
accusative	slakasta	slakustu	slakasta
dative	slakasta	slakustu	slakasta
genitive	slakasta	slakustu	slakasta
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	slakustu	slakustu	slakustu
accusative	slakustu	slakustu	slakustu
dative	slakustum	slakustum	slakustum
genitive	slakustu	slakustu	slakustu

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