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Old Norse
Etymology 1
From Proto-Germanic *werdu-, related to *werduz (“host”). The original meaning may have been "attendance, heeding."[1]
Noun
verðr m (genitive verðar)
- meal
Usage notes
Often used in compounds such as dagverðr or dǫgurðr “day-meal” and náttverðr or nátturðr “supper”, depicting meals at different times of the day, as in the descendant languages.
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Etymology 2
From Proto-Germanic *werþaz.
Adjective
verðr
- (with genitive) worth
svá þótti honum mikils um vert- he took it so much to heart
- worthy, deserving
Descendants
References
- ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “werdu”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 579-80