kverk

Icelandic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

kverk f (genitive singular kverkar, nominative plural kverkar)

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

Declension

Declension of kverk (feminine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	kverk	kverkin	kverkar	kverkarnar
accusative	kverk	kverkina	kverkar	kverkarnar
dative	kverk	kverkinni	kverkum	kverkunum
genitive	kverkar	kverkarinnar	kverka	kverkanna

Derived terms

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

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse kverk.

Noun

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

Synonyms

• strupe

Derived terms

• kverka
• kverke
• kverksott
• ta kverken på

References

“kverk” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *kwerkō.

Noun

kverk f (genitive kverkar, plural kverkr)

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

Declension

Declension of kverk (strong ō-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	kverk	kverkin	kverkr	kverkrnar
accusative	kverk	kverkina	kverkr	kverkrnar
dative	kverk	kverkinni	kverkum	kverkunum
genitive	kverkar	kverkarinnar	kverka	kverkanna

Descendants

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

Further reading

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