hvergi
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Icelandic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adverb[edit]
hvergi
Synonyms[edit]
- (nowhere): ekki neins staðar, ekki nokkursstaðar
Antonyms[edit]
- (antonym(s) of “nowhere”): alls staðar, allstaðar, út um allt, hvarvetna, á hverju strái
Derived terms[edit]
Old Norse[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Proto-Germanic *hwargin, equivalent to hvar (“where”) + -gi (“not, naught”). Cognate with Old English hwerġen, Old Saxon hwergin.
Adverb[edit]
hvergi (not comparable)
- nowhere
- by no means, not at all
Descendants[edit]
- Icelandic: hvergi
Etymology 2[edit]
Pronoun[edit]
hvergi
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- “hvergi”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Categories:
- Icelandic terms derived from Old Norse
- Icelandic 2-syllable words
- Icelandic terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Icelandic/ɛrcɪ
- Rhymes:Icelandic/ɛrcɪ/2 syllables
- Icelandic lemmas
- Icelandic adverbs
- Old Norse terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Old Norse terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Old Norse terms suffixed with -gi
- Old Norse lemmas
- Old Norse adverbs
- Old Norse pronouns