hvárr

Old Norse

Alternative forms

• hvaðarr

Etymology

From older hvaðarr, from Proto-Germanic *hwaþeraz. Whence also English whether.

Determiner

hvárr

1. (interrogative) which (of the two)
2. (distributive) each (of the two)

Declension

    Declension of hvárr

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	hvárr	hvǫ́r	hvárt
accusative	hvárn	hvára	hvárt
dative	hvǫ́rum	hvárri	hvǫ́ru
genitive	hvárs	hvárrar	hvárs
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	hvárir	hvárar	hvǫ́r
accusative	hvára	hvárar	hvǫ́r
dative	hvǫ́rum	hvǫ́rum	hvǫ́rum
genitive	hvárra	hvárra	hvárra

Note the masculine singular accusative form hvárn.

Derived terms

• hvárgi
• hvárrtveggi

Descendants

• Icelandic: hvor
• Norwegian Nynorsk: kvar (determiner)

See also

• báðir
• hverr

References

• hvárr in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.