hverr

Old Norse

Etymology 1

From the same Proto-Germanic source as Old English hwer and Old High German wer. Ultimately from the same root as Irish coire (“kettle, cauldron”), Welsh pair, Sanskrit चरु (carú), Russian чара (čara, “bowl”).

Noun

hverr m

Descendants

Icelandic: hver m

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *hwarjaz (“which, what (of many)”), whence also Gothic 𐍈𐌰𐍂𐌾𐌹𐍃 (hwarjis).

Pronoun

hverr (feminine hver, neuter hvert)

who, which (of many)
each, every

Declension

Declension of hverr

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	hverr	hver	hvert
accusative	hvern	hverja	hvert
dative	hverjum	hverri	hverju
genitive	hvers	hverrar	hvers
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	hverjir	hverjar	hver
accusative	hverja	hverjar	hver
dative	hverjum	hverjum	hverjum
genitive	hverra	hverra	hverra

Descendants

Danish: hver
Faroese: hvør
Icelandic: hver

Norwegian Bokmål: hver
Norwegian Nynorsk: kvar, kven
Swedish: var, varje

References

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

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