vér

From Proto-Uralic *were. Cognates include Northern Mansi вы̄гыр (vȳgyr), Finnish veri and Estonian veri.^[1][2]

• IPA^(key): [ˈveːr]

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• Hyphenation: vér
• Rhymes: -eːr

vér (usually uncountable, plural vérek)

1. blood
2. (figuratively) vigor, vitality, dynamism

   Synonyms: tetterő, életerő, mozgékonyság

3. blood sacrifice, bloodshed

   Synonyms: véráldozat, vérontás

4. (figuratively) temperament

   Synonyms: vérmérséklet, temperamentum

5. (construed with a  possessive suffix and -ben van) someone’s inclination, propensity, disposition, nature
6. (figuratively) state of mind, frame of mind, mood

   Synonym: lelkiállapot

7. (figuratively) sensuality, lust, passion

   Synonyms: testi vágy, szenvedély, érzékiség

8. (figuratively) clan, family

   Synonyms: nemzetség, család

9. (figuratively) offspring, descendant, issue, progeny or ancestor

   Synonyms: ivadék, leszármazott, ős

10. (figuratively) bloodline or strain of descent
11. (literary, folksy, with a possessive suffix) sibling

    Synonym: testvér

12. (literary, in the plural, with a possessive suffix) compatriot, countryman, or a person belonging to the same people, social class, or community

    Synonyms: honfitárs, hazánkfia, földi

13. (humorous) synonym of bor (“wine”), especially vörösbor (“red wine”).

• (blood): vér in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
• ([dialectal, archaic] ver (“to beat”)): vér in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

• érv, rév

From Old Norse vér, from Proto-Germanic *wīz, from Proto-Indo-European *wéy, plural of *éǵh₂.

• IPA^(key): /vjɛːr̥/

vér

1. (archaic, formal) first person plural pronoun; we
2. (archaic, formal) a formal term of self-reference used by a royal person; we

   Vér teljum þetta mál hið alvarlegasta. Kallið saman ríkisráðið undir eins.

   We deem this matter most grave. Assemble the privy council immediately.

This pronoun has mostly fallen out of use in favour of við, but lingers in biblical language in the raw plural sense, and finds occasional use elsewhere. As a majestic self-reference, it was used in royal decrees, and may find modern use e.g. in literature dealing with persons who refer to themselves in such a way.

• vær, mér
• *wīʀ — Old East Norse

From Proto-Germanic *wīz, from Proto-Indo-European *wéy, plural of *éǵh₂. Cognate with Old English wē ( > English we), Old Frisian wī ( > West Frisian wy), Old Saxon wī ( > Low German wi), Old Dutch wī ( > Dutch wij), Old High German wir ( > German wir), Gothic 𐍅𐌴𐌹𐍃 (weis).

• IPA^(key): /veːr/

vér (singular ek, dual vit) (Old West Norse)

1. we (first person plural pronoun)

• Icelandic: vér, vær
• Faroese: vær
• Norwegian Nynorsk: me (< mér < erum vér)

• Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)