nǫkkurr

Old Norse

Alternative forms

• nakkvarr

Etymology

From earlier nakkvarr, from Proto-Norse *ᚾᛁ ᚹᚨᛁᛏ ᛖᚲ ᚺᚹᚨᚱᛃᚨᛉ (*ni wait ek hwarjaʀ, literally “not-know-I-who”), equivalent to né + veit + ek + hverr. Compare Latin nescio quis (“I don't know who”), i.e., "somebody". Development should have included intermediary stage *ᚾᚨᛁᛏᚲᚹᚨᚱᛃᚨᛉ (*naitkwarjaʀ).

Pronoun

nǫkkurr

1. any, anybody
2. opposite to engi; some
3. some, a certain
4. the plur. added to a numeral; about, some

Declension

    Declension of nǫkkurr

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	nǫkkurr	nǫkkur	nǫkkut, nǫkkvat
accusative	nǫkkurn	nǫkkura	nǫkkut, nǫkkvat
dative	nǫkkurum	nǫkkurri	nǫkkuru, nǫkkvi
genitive	nǫkkurs	nǫkkurrar	nǫkkurs
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	nǫkkurir	nǫkkurar	nǫkkur
accusative	nǫkkura	nǫkkurar	nǫkkur
dative	nǫkkurum	nǫkkurum	nǫkkurum
genitive	nǫkkurra	nǫkkurra	nǫkkurra

Descendants

• Icelandic: nokkur
• Faroese: nakar
• Norwegian Nynorsk: nokon
• Jamtish: nukun
• Elfdalian: nogär
• Westrobothnian: nager, nægen, najn, na
• Old Swedish: nokor
  • Swedish: någon, någor
• Old Danish: nokær
  • Danish: nogen, (obsolete) nogher; noghen; noghel
    • Norwegian Bokmål: noen
  • Scanian: nóğen
• Old Gutnish: nequar
  • Gutnish: nokon