virkr

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Old Norse

Alternative forms

Etymology

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Adjective

virkr

  1. working
  2. careful, painstaking
  3. (with dative) valued by, dare to

Declension

    Strong declension of virkr
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative virkr virk virkt
accusative virkan virka virkt
dative virkum virkri virku
genitive virks virkrar virks
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative virkir virkar virk
accusative virka virkar virk
dative virkum virkum virkum
genitive virkra virkra virkra
    Weak declension of virkr
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative virki virka virka
accusative virka virku virka
dative virka virku virka
genitive virka virku virka
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative virku virku virku
accusative virku virku virku
dative virkum virkum virkum
genitive virku virku virku

Descendants

  • Icelandic: virkur
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: vyrk, yrk

References

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