kverk

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

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

kverk f (genitive singular kverkar, nominative plural kverkar)

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

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

From Old Norse kverk.

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

• strupe

• kverka
• kverke
• kverksott
• ta kverken på

“kverk” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Proto-Germanic *kwerkō.

kverk f (genitive kverkar, plural kverkr)

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

• Icelandic: kverk
• Faroese: kvørkrar pl
• Norwegian Nynorsk: kverk
• Norwegian Bokmål: kverk
• → Middle English: *querk
  • >? English: quirk
  • Scots: querk

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