nǫkkurr

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Old Norse

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Pronoun

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nǫkkurr

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

Declension

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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References

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