hvar

See also: Hvar

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse hvar, from Proto-Germanic *hwar.

Adverb

hvar (not comparable)

1. where

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse hvar, from Proto-Germanic *hwar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʰvaːr/
• IPA^(key): /xʷaːr/

  Rhymes: -aːr

Adverb

hvar (not comparable)

1. where (of location)

   Hvar áttu heima? ― Where do you live?

   Hvar er hann niðurkominn? ― What’s become of him?

   Hvar í ósköpunum varstu, Óskar? ― Where in heaven’s name were you, Óskar?

Derived terms

• finna hvar skórinn kreppir (“to feel where the shoe pinches”)
• hér og hvar (“here and there”)
• sýna hvar Davíð keypti ölið
• víðast hvar (“almost everywhere”)

 

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Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hwar (“where”), formed with a locative suffix from the stem of *hwaz (“who”). Cognate with Old English hwær, Old Frisian hwēr, Old Saxon hwar, Old Dutch war, wara, Old High German war, Gothic 𐍈𐌰𐍂 (ƕar).

Adverb

hvar (not comparable)

1. where

Descendants

• Danish: hvor
• Faroese: hvar
• Icelandic: hvar
• Norwegian Bokmål: hvor
• Norwegian Nynorsk: kvar, kor
• Swedish: var

References

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

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Swedish

Adverb

hvar

1. Archaic spelling of var.

Conjunction

hvar

1. Archaic spelling of var.