hvergi

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse hvergi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʰvɛrcɪ/

  Rhymes: -ɛrcɪ

Adverb

hvergi

1. nowhere

   Synonyms: ekki neins staðar, ekki nokkursstaðar

   Antonyms: alls staðar, allstaðar, út um allt, hvarvetna, á hverju strái

Derived terms

• hvergi nærri
• hvergi hræddur
• sjá hvergi stað

Old Norse

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *hwargin, equivalent to hvar (“where”) +‎ -gi (“not, naught”). Cognate with Old English hwerġen, Old Saxon hwergin.

Adverb

hvergi (not comparable)

1. nowhere
2. by no means, not at all

Descendants

• Icelandic: hvergi

Etymology 2

From hverr +‎ -gi.

Pronoun

hvergi

1. each, every one
2. (with relative particle) whosoever

See also

• hvárgi

References

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