hvergi

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse hvergi.

Pronunciation

Adverb

hvergi

  1. nowhere

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Old Norse

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *hwargin, equivalent to hvar (“where”) +‎ -gi (“not, naught”). Cognate with Old English hwerġen, Old Saxon hwergin.

Adverb

hvergi (not comparable)

  1. nowhere
  2. by no means, not at all
Descendants
  • Icelandic: hvergi

Etymology 2

From hverr +‎ -gi.

Pronoun

hvergi

  1. each, every one
  2. (with relative particle) whosoever
See also

References

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