hverr

Old Norse

Etymology 1

From the same Proto-Germanic source as Old English hwer and Old High German wer. Ultimately from the same root as Irish coire (“kettle, cauldron”), Welsh pair, Sanskrit चरु (carú), Russian чара (čara, “bowl”).

Noun

hverr m

1. cauldron, boiler
2. hot spring

Descendants

• Icelandic: hver m

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *hwarjaz (“which, what (of many)”), whence also Gothic 𐍈𐌰𐍂𐌾𐌹𐍃 (ƕarjis).

Pronoun

hverr (feminine hver, neuter hvert)

1. who, which (of many)
2. each, every
   • Hávamál 77.

     Ek veit einn, at aldri deyr: dómr um dauðan hvern.

Declension

    Declension of hverr

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	hverr	hver	hvert
accusative	hvern, hverjan	hverja	hvert
dative	hverjum	hverri	hverju
genitive	hvers	hverrar	hvers
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	hverir	hverjar	hver
accusative	hverja	hverjar	hver
dative	hverjum	hverjum	hverjum
genitive	hverra	hverra	hverra

Derived terms

• hvergi
• hvernig

Descendants

• Danish: hver
• Faroese: hvør
• Icelandic: hver

• Norwegian Bokmål: hver
• Norwegian Nynorsk: kvar, kven
• Swedish: var, varje

References

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