Dictionary:Hvar

Nynorn

Etymology 1

From Old Norse hvárr, hvarr, hverr. Compare Norwegian (Nynorsk) kvar

An Etymological Dictionary of the Norn Language in Shetland (1928–1932)

Jakobsen, Jakob

*hwar, pron. indef., every, each, any. Noted down in Fo. in the forms *kwara [kwāra, kwara] and *kwart [kwa‘rt]: a) kwara, which is a dat. sing. form in masc., in the phrase “a kwara hala”, on each tail, see Introd., Fragments, nursery rhymes; b) kwart, which is an acc. sing. form in neut., reported in the phrase “flitin [flitɩn] uppo kwart ura [ūra]”, of sheep: roaming about on every hill-top (from hill-top to hill-top in the out-field): *uppá hvert øyra? — O.N. hvarr = hverr, as a pron. indef., every, each, any.

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Determiner

hvar

1. every

Derived terms

• annehvar

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Etymology 2

From Old Norse hvar.

An Etymological Dictionary of the Norn Language in Shetland (1928–1932)

Jakobsen, Jakob

hwar [hwār], adv. 1) interrogative: where; also whither. 2) rel.: where, (there) where, (to) where. — h. till, h. tø [‘to’], a) whither, where; b) for what, to what purpose, why (Nm.). On. Wests., etc.: kwar [kwār]. — O.N. hvar, adv., where, whither.

Pronunciation

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Interrogative pronoun

hvar

1. who, which

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