verkr

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Old Norse[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Germanic *warkiz, from *werg- (“to suffer”).

Noun[edit]

verkr m (genitive verkar, plural verkir)

  1. ache, pain

Declension[edit]

  Declension of verkr (strong i-stem, ar-genitive)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative verkr verkrinn verkir verkirnir
accusative verk verkinn verki verkina
dative verk verkinum verkum verkunum
genitive verkar verkarins verka verkanna

Descendants[edit]

  • Icelandic: verkur
  • Faroese: verkur
  • Norwegian: verk
  • Old Swedish: værker
  • Danish: værk

References[edit]

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