Hverr

As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):

hverr Old Icelandic word can mean:

hverr

I)

hverr

(-s, -ar), m.

hverr

1) kettle, cauldron;

hverr

2) hot spring (~inn var bæði heitr ok djúpr); holtriða h., ‘rock-cauldron’, cave.

hverr

II)

hverr

pron.

hverr

1) interrog., used both substantively and adjectively, who, which, what? hverjar ero þær meyjar? who are these maids? h. á hestinn? who owns the horse? h. er þessi maðr? who is this man? hvern enda? what end?

hverr

2) indef. each, every one, as subst., with gen.; manna h., every man; fróðra h., every wise man; h. várr, each of us; as a., h. gumi, every man; hverjan or hvern dag, every day; as adv., í hverju, moment (veðrit óx í hverju);

hverr

3) any (fyrir útan hverja hjálp);

hverr

4) with the relat. part. ‘er’ or ‘sem’, whosoever, whichever (þá skulu þeir þegar drepa hann h. sem hann er);

hverr

5) with another pron. or adj; h. at öðrum, one after another (hverja nótt eptir aðra); at öðru hverju, every now and then, hverir tveir, every two and two; þriðja hvert ár, every three years (= á hverjum þremr árum); ~ … sinn, every one … his (~ maðr í sínu rúmi);

hverr

6) relat. (rare), who, which.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᚢᛁᚱᚱ

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• Old Norse - Cleasby & Vigfusson Dictionary
• Old Norwegian - Johan Fritzner's Dictionary