Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse vér, which had both the meanings of "fighter" and "priest," assimilated from Proto-Germanic *wīhaz (holy) and *wiganą (to battle).[1][2]

Proper noun

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Ver m

  1. a male given name

Usage notes

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A son's patronymic name
Versson
Son of Ver.
A daughter's patronymic name
Versdóttir
Daughter of Ver.

Declension

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References

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  1. ^ Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
  2. ^ Ferdinand Holthausen: Vergleichendes und Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altwestnordischen (1948)