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

Further reading

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