hvárr

Old Norse

Alternative forms

hvaðarr

Etymology

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

Determiner

hvárr

(interrogative) which (of the two)
(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

Descendants

Icelandic: hvor
Norwegian Nynorsk: kvar (determiner)

See also

References

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

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