Old Swedish

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Etymology

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From Old Norse sjúkr, from Proto-Germanic *seukaz.

Adjective

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siūker

  1. sick
    • p. 1516, Peder Månsson, “Bondakonst”, in Peder Månssons skrifter på svenska : efter handskrifter i Stockholm, Uppsala och Linköping[1], published 1913, Annan läkedom sywko fää 18, page 213:
      Tak eth ormskin som ormen är wthkrwpen aff. roghmyöl. oc salth. oc yrthena serpillum oc stöth alth samman oc giff sywko fäno drikka blandath mädh win wm hösthen oc sommaren:-
      Take a snake's skin from which the snake is crawled out of, rye flour and salt and the herb serpillum and pound it all together and give the sick livestock the drink mixed with wine in autumn and summer:-

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Swedish: sjuk
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