verr

Albanian

Alternative forms

• verrë, verri

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *werna, from Proto-Indo-European *wern- (compare Welsh gwern, Armenian գերան (geran, “beam, timber”)). possibly borrowed from Proto-Celtic *wernā

Noun

verr m (plural verra, definite verri, definite plural verrat)

1. alder

Cornish

Adjective

verr

1. soft mutation of berr

Middle English

Noun

verr

1. alternative form of werre (“war”)

Old Norse

Etymology 1

From Proto-Norse ᚹᛖᚱᚨᛉ (weraʀ), from Proto-Germanic *weraz, from Proto-Indo-European *wiHrós.

Noun

verr m

1. warrior
2. man, husband

Inflection

Declension of verr (strong a-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	verr	verrinn	verar	verarnir
accusative	ver	verinn	vera	verana
dative	veri	verinum	verum	verunum
genitive	vers	versins	vera	veranna

Descendants

• Icelandic: ver
• Faroese: ver-
• Old Swedish: vær-
  • Swedish: vär-

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adverb

verr

1. comparative degree of ílla (“badly”)

References

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “verr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive