verðr
Old Norse
Etymology 1
Noun
verðr m (genitive verðar)
Usage notes
Often used in compounds such as dagverðr or dǫgurðr “day-meal” and náttverðr or nátturðr “supper”, depicting meals at different times of the day, as in the descendant languages.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Descendants
- Faroese: verður
- Icelandic: verður
- Norwegian: -urd, -verd
- Old Danish: -orth, -warth
- Old Swedish: -varþer, -værþer, -orþer, -vordher
- Swedish: -vard
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Etymology 2
From Proto-Germanic *werþaz.
Alternative forms
Adjective
verðr
- (with genitive) worth
- svá þótti honum mikils um vert
- he took it so much to heart
- mikils verðr
- much worth
- worthy, deserving
- verðr einhvers
- worthy of