verðr
Old Norse
Etymology 1
From Proto-Germanic *werdu-, related to *werduz (“host”). The original meaning may have been "attendance, heeding."[1]
Noun
verðr m (genitive verðar)
- meal
Usage notes
Often used in compounds such as dagverðr or dǫgurðr “day-meal” and náttverðr or nátturðr “supper”, depicting meals at different times of the day, as in the descendant languages.
Synonyms
- málsverðr
- matarverðr
Derived terms
- dagverðr
- kveldverðr
- náttverðr
Descendants
- Icelandic: verður
- Faroese: verður
- Norwegian: dugurd, dagverd, nattverd
- Westrobothnian: -väl, -vål
- Old Swedish: -varþer, -værþer, -orþer, -vordher
- Swedish: dagvard, nattvard
- Old Danish: dagorth, natwarth
- Danish: davre, nadver
Etymology 2
From Proto-Germanic *werþaz.
Alternative forms
- verð
Adjective
verðr
- (with genitive) worth
- svá þótti honum mikils um vert
- he took it so much to heart
- mikils verðr
- much worth
- worthy, deserving
- verðr einhvers
- worthy of
Descendants
- Icelandic: verður
- Faroese: verður
- Norwegian: verdt, verd
- Westrobothnian: wähl
- Old Swedish: værþer
- Swedish: värd
- Danish: værd
References
- Kroonen, Guus (2013), “werdu”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 579-80