nǫkkurr

Old Norse

Alternative forms

nakkvarr, nakkverr, nekkvarr, nekkverr, nǫkkvarr, nǫkkverr, nøkkurr, nakkurr, nǫkkr

Etymology

From earlier nakkvarr, from Proto-Norse *ᚾᛁ ᚹᚨᛁᛏ ᛖᚲ ᚺᚹᚨᚱᛃᚨᛉ (*ni wait ek hwarjaʀ, literally “not-know-I-who”), equivalent to né + veit + ek + hverr. Compare Latin nescio quis (“I don't know who”), i.e., "somebody". Development should have included intermediary stage *ᚾᚨᛁᛏᚲᚹᚨᚱᛃᚨᛉ (*naitkwarjaʀ).

Pronoun

nǫkkurr

any, anybody
opposite to engi; some
some, a certain
the plur. added to a numeral; about, some

Declension

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Declension of nǫkkurr

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	nǫkkurr	nǫkkur	nǫkkurt, nǫkkut, nǫkkvat
accusative	nǫkkurn	nǫkkura	nǫkkurt, nǫkkut, nǫkkvat
dative	nǫkkurum	nǫkkurri	nǫkkuru, nǫkkvi
genitive	nǫkkurs	nǫkkurrar	nǫkkurs
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	nǫkkurir	nǫkkurar	nǫkkur
accusative	nǫkkura	nǫkkurar	nǫkkur
dative	nǫkkurum	nǫkkurum	nǫkkurum
genitive	nǫkkurra	nǫkkurra	nǫkkurra

Derived terms

Descendants

Icelandic: nokkur
Faroese: nakar
Norwegian Nynorsk: nokon
- Russenorsk: nokka
Jamtish: nukun
Elfdalian: nogär
Old Swedish: nokor
- Swedish: någon, någor
Old Danish: nokær
- Danish: nogen, (obsolete) nogher; noghen; noghel
  - Norwegian Bokmål: noen
- Scanian: nóğen
Old Gutnish: nequar
- Gutnish: nokon

References

Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon — Íslensk orðsifjabók, (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans. (Available on Málið.is under the “Eldra mál” tab.)
“nǫkkurr” in Dictionary of Old Norse Prose (ONP) at University of Copenhagen