nǫkkurr

Old Norse

Alternative forms

nakkvarr

Etymology

From Proto-Norse ne-wait-ek-hwarjaʀ (literally, "not-know-I-who")

Pronoun

nǫkkurr

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

Descendants

Icelandic: nokkur
Faroese: nakar
Norwegian:
- Bokmål: noen
- Nynorsk: nokon
Old Swedish: naghan
- Swedish: någon
Danish: nogen
Elfdalian: nogär
Gutnish: nokon
Jamtish: nugun
Westrobothnian: nager, nægen, najn, na
Scanian: nóğen

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