hvergi

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse hvergi.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkʰvɛrcɪ/
Rhymes: -ɛrcɪ

Adverb

hvergi

nowhere

Synonyms

(nowhere): ekki neins staðar, ekki nokkursstaðar

Antonyms

(nowhere): alls staðar, allstaðar, út um allt, hvarvetna, á hverju strái

Derived terms

hvergi nærri
hvergi hræddur
sjá hvergi stað

Old Norse

Etymology

From Old Norse hvar (“where”) + ekki (“not, nothing”).

Adverb

hvergi (not comparable)

nowhere

Descendants

Icelandic: hvergi

References

hvergi in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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