verkr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *warkiz, from *werg- (“to suffer”).

Noun

verkr m (genitive verkar, plural verkir)

1. ache, pain

Declension

Declension of verkr (strong i-stem, ar-genitive)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	verkr	verkrinn	verkir	verkirnir
accusative	verk	verkinn	verki	verkina
dative	verk	verkinum	verkum	verkunum
genitive	verkar	verkarins	verka	verkanna

Descendants

• Icelandic: verkur
• Faroese: verkur
• Norwegian: verk
• Old Swedish: værker
  • Swedish: värk
• Danish: værk

Further reading

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