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Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse kverk, from Proto-Germanic *kwerkō.
Pronunciation
Noun
kverk f (genitive singular kverkar, nominative plural kverkar)
- (archaic, in the plural) throat (either internal or external)
- internal angle
Declension
Declension of kverk (feminine)
Derived terms
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse kverk.
Noun
kverk m (definite singular kverken, indefinite plural kverkar, definite plural kverkane)
- inside of throat; gills
- a place where something narrows in width
- (on humans) throat
Synonyms
Derived terms
References
“kverk” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *kwerkō.
Noun
kverk f (genitive kverkar, plural kverkr)
- the angle below the chin
- (in the plural) throat
Declension
Declension of kverk (strong ō-stem)
Descendants
References
“kverk”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press