kverk

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse kverk, from Proto-Germanic *kwerkō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʰvɛr̥k/
• Rhymes: -ɛr̥k

Noun

kverk f (genitive singular kverkar, nominative plural kverkar)

1. (archaic, in the plural) throat (either internal or external)
2. internal angle

Declension

declension of kverk

f-s1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	kverk	kverkin	kverkar	kverkarnar
accusative	kverk	kverkina	kverkar	kverkarnar
dative	kverk	kverkinni	kverkum	kverkunum
genitive	kverkar	kverkarinnar	kverka	kverkanna

Derived terms

• væta kverkarnar (“have a drink”)
• taka um kverkarnar (“to strangle someone”)
• kverkatak (“stranglehold”)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse kverk.

Noun

kverk m (definite singular kverken, indefinite plural kverkar, definite plural kverkane)

1. inside of throat; gills
2. a place where something narrows in width
3. (on humans) throat

Synonyms

• strupe

Derived terms

• kverka
• kverke
• kverksott
• ta kverken på

References

“kverk” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *kwerkō.

Noun

kverk f (genitive kverkar, plural kverkr)

1. the angle below the chin
2. (in the plural) throat

Declension

  Declension of kverk (strong ō-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	kverk	kverkin	kverkr	kverkrnar
accusative	kverk	kverkina	kverkr	kverkrnar
dative	kverk	kverkinni	kverkum	kverkunum
genitive	kverkar	kverkarinnar	kverka	kverkanna

Descendants

• Icelandic: kverk
• Faroese: kvørkrar f pl
• Norwegian Nynorsk: kverk
• Norwegian Bokmål: kverk
• → Middle English: *querk
  • English: quirk
  • Scots: querk

References

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