verðr

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Old Norse

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *werdu-, related to *werduz (“host”). The original meaning may have been "attendance, heeding."

Noun

verðr m (genitive verðar)

  1. 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.

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Adjective

verðr

  1. (with genitive) worth
    svá þótti honum mikils um vert
    he took it so much to heart
    mikils verðr
    much worth
  2. worthy, deserving
    verðr einhvers
    worthy of
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References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “werdu”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 579-80
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