verch

Middle High German

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old High German fërah, from Proto-West Germanic *ferh, from Proto-Germanic *ferhwą. See Old English feorh.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (before 13th CE) /ˈvɛrx/, /ˈfɛrx/

Noun

vërch n

  1. life (especially if that life be threatened or ended), the "seat of life"
    • c. 1200, Der Nibelunge Liet, Av. 37:
      Dô sluogen die vil müeden vil manegen swinden slac / dën von Bechelâren, dër ëben und tiefe wac, / durch die vesten ringe vaste unz ûf daȥ vërch. / si tâten in dëm sturme diu vil hêrlîchen wërch.
      The very weary men struck then the men of Bechelâren very many mighty blows - shallow and deep - right through the steadfast chainmail-rings to the seat of life. They accomplished many marvelous deeds in the storm.

Declension

Declension of vërch (strong neuter with null plural)
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein daȥ vërch diu vërch
genitive eines dës vërches dër vërche
dative eime dëm vërche dën vërchen
accusative ein daȥ vërch diu vërch

Descendants

  • German: Ferch

References

  • Benecke, Georg Friedrich, Müller, Wilhelm, Zarncke, Friedrich (1863) “vërch”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke, Stuttgart: S. Hirzel
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