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virkr

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Old Norse

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Adjective

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virkr

  1. working
  2. careful, painstaking
  3. valued by, dear to [with dative]

Declension

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Strong declension of virkr
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative virkr virk virkt
accusative virkan virka virkt
dative virkum virkri virku
genitive virks virkrar virks
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative virkir virkar virk
accusative virka virkar virk
dative virkum virkum virkum
genitive virkra virkra virkra
Weak declension of virkr
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative virki virka virka
accusative virka virku virka
dative virka virku virka
genitive virka virku virka
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative virku virku virku
accusative virku virku virku
dative virkum virkum virkum
genitive virku virku virku

Descendants

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  • Icelandic: virkur
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: vyrk, yrk

Further reading

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