kverk

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse kverk, from Proto-Germanic *kwerkō.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kʰvɛr̥k/
  • Rhymes: -ɛr̥k

Noun

kverk f (genitive singular kverkar, nominative plural kverkar)

  1. (archaic, in the plural) throat (either internal or external)
  2. internal angle

Declension
declension of kverk
f-s1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative kverk kverkin kverkar kverkarnar
accusative kverk kverkina kverkar kverkarnar
dative kverk kverkinni kverkum kverkunum
genitive kverkar kverkarinnar kverka kverkanna

Derived terms
  • væta kverkarnar (“have a drink”)
  • taka um kverkarnar (“to strangle someone”)
  • kverkatak (“stranglehold”)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse kverk.

Noun

kverk m (definite singular kverken, indefinite plural kverkar, definite plural kverkane)

  1. inside of throat; gills
  2. a place where something narrows in width
  3. (on humans) throat

Synonyms

Derived terms

References

“kverk” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *kwerkō.

Noun

kverk f (genitive kverkar, plural kverkr)

  1. the angle below the chin
  2. (in the plural) throat

Declension
  Declension of kverk (strong ō-stem)
feminine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative kverk kverkin kverkr kverkrnar
accusative kverk kverkina kverkr kverkrnar
dative kverk kverkinni kverkum kverkunum
genitive kverkar kverkarinnar kverka kverkanna

Descendants
  • Icelandic: kverk
  • Faroese: kvørkrar f pl
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kverk
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kverk
  • → Middle English: *querk

References

“kverk”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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