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 ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== === Further reading === Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989), “nǫkkurr”, in Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.) “nǫkkurr” in Dictionary of Old Norse Prose (ONP) at University of Copenhagen