hvergi
Icelandic
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkʰvɛrcɪ/
- Rhymes: -ɛrcɪ
Adverb
hvergi
- 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)
- nowhere
- by no means, not at all
Descendants
- Icelandic: hvergi
Etymology 2
Pronoun
hvergi
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