verkr

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Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *warkiz, from *werg- (“to suffer”).

Noun

verkr m (genitive verkar, plural verkir)

  1. ache, pain

Declension

  Declension of verkr (strong i-stem, ar-genitive)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative verkr verkrinn verkir verkirnir
accusative verk verkinn verki verkina
dative verk verkinum verkum verkunum
genitive verkar verkarins verka verkanna

Descendants

  • Icelandic: verkur
  • Faroese: verkur
  • Norwegian: verk
  • Old Swedish: værker
  • Danish: værk

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “verkr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive
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