virkr

Old Norse

Alternative forms

• yrkr

Etymology

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Adjective

virkr

1. working
2. careful, painstaking
3. (with dative) valued by, dare to

Declension

    Strong declension of virkr

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	virkr	virk	virkt
accusative	virkan	virka	virkt
dative	virkum	virkri	virku
genitive	virks	virkrar	virks
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	virkir	virkar	virk
accusative	virka	virkar	virk
dative	virkum	virkum	virkum
genitive	virkra	virkra	virkra

    Weak declension of virkr

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	virki	virka	virka
accusative	virka	virku	virka
dative	virka	virku	virka
genitive	virka	virku	virka
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	virku	virku	virku
accusative	virku	virku	virku
dative	virkum	virkum	virkum
genitive	virku	virku	virku

Descendants

• Icelandic: virkur
• Norwegian Nynorsk: vyrk, yrk

References

• “virkr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press