nǫkkurr
Old Norse
Alternative forms
- nakkvarr, nakkverr, nekkvarr, nekkverr, nǫkkvarr, nǫkkverr, nøkkurr, nakkurr, nǫkkr
Etymology
From earlier nakkvarr, from Proto-Norse *ᚾᛁ ᚹᚨᛁᛏ ᛖᚲ ᚺᚹᚨᚱᛃᚨᛉ (*ni wait ek hwarjaʀ, literally “not-know-I-who”), equivalent to né + veit + ek + hverr. Compare Latin nescio quis (“I don't know who”), i.e., "somebody". Development should have included intermediary stage *ᚾᚨᛁᛏᚲᚹᚨᚱᛃᚨᛉ (*naitkwarjaʀ).
Pronoun
nǫkkurr
Declension
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Declension of nǫkkurr
| singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | nǫkkurr | nǫkkur | nǫkkurt, nǫkkut, nǫkkvat |
| accusative | nǫkkurn | nǫkkura | nǫkkurt, nǫkkut, nǫkkvat |
| dative | nǫkkurum | nǫkkurri | nǫkkuru, nǫkkvi |
| genitive | nǫkkurs | nǫkkurrar | nǫkkurs |
| plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
| nominative | nǫkkurir | nǫkkurar | nǫkkur |
| accusative | nǫkkura | nǫkkurar | nǫkkur |
| dative | nǫkkurum | nǫkkurum | nǫkkurum |
| genitive | nǫkkurra | nǫkkurra | nǫkkurra |
Derived terms
- at nǫkkuru
- eigi nǫkkut
- einn eða nǫkkurr annarr
- fyrir nǫkkuru
- með nǫkkuru móti
- með nǫkkurum hætti
- nǫkkura hríð
- nǫkkura stund
- nǫkkura stund
- nǫkkurn tíma
- nǫkkurr annarr
- nǫkkurr annarra
- nǫkkurr svá
- nǫkkurs konar
- nǫkkurs kyns
- nǫkkurt sinn
- nǫkkuru eptir
- nǫkkuru fyrir
- nǫkkuru sinni
- nǫkkuru sinni
- nǫkkuru síðar
- nǫkkuru áðr
- nǫkkut manna
- nǫkkut sinn
- nǫkkut svá
- nǫkkut vætta
- svá nǫkkuru
- um dag nǫkkurn
- verðr nǫkkut
- á nǫkkura lund
- á nǫkkurn máta
- á nǫkkurn veg
- á nǫkkurum degi
- í nǫkkurs stað
- í nǫkkuru
Descendants
References
- Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon — Íslensk orðsifjabók, (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans. (Available on Málið.is under the “Eldra mál” tab.)
- “nǫkkurr” in Dictionary of Old Norse Prose (ONP) at University of Copenhagen
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