hvárki

Old Norse

Alternative forms

hvártki

Etymology

Neuter singular of hvárgi, akin to hvárt +‎ -gi.

Conjunction

hvárki

neither
nor

Usage notes

Often appears in pairs with né or eða.

Descendants

Icelandic: hvorki
Faroese: hvørki
Norwegian Nynorsk: korkje
Old Danish: hwærki, hwærkin
- Danish: hverken
  - Norwegian Bokmål: hverken, verken
    - → Norwegian Nynorsk: verken
Old Swedish: hvarte
- Swedish: varken

References

hvárki in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.

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