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 + 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

  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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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
  • nǫkkurn tíma
  • nǫkkurr annarr
  • nǫkkurr annarra
  • nǫkkurr svá
  • nǫkkurs konar
  • nǫkkurs kyns
  • nǫkkurt sinn
  • nǫkkuru eptir
  • nǫkkuru fyrir
  • 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

  • Icelandic: nokkur
  • Faroese: nakar
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: nokon
  • Jamtish: nukun
  • Elfdalian: nogär
  • Old Swedish: nokor
  • Old Danish: nokær
    • Danish: nogen, (obsolete) noghernoghennoghel
      • Norwegian Bokmål: noen
    • Scanian: nóğen
  • Old Gutnish: nequar

Further reading

  • Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)
  • “nǫkkurr” in Dictionary of Old Norse Prose (ONP) at University of Copenhagen