verr

Albanian

Alternative forms

• verrë, verri

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *werna, from Proto-Indo-European *wern- (compare Welsh gwern, Armenian գերան (geran, “beam, timber”)). possibly borrowed from Proto-Celtic *wernā

Noun

verr m (plural verra, definite verri, definite plural verrat)

1. alder

Declension

Declension of verr

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	verr	verri	verra	verrat
accusative		verrin
dative	verri	verrit	verrave	verrave
ablative			verrash

Further reading

• “verr”, in FMGJSH: Fjalor i madh i gjuhës shqipe (in Albanian), 2026

Cornish

Adjective

verr

1. soft mutation of berr

Middle English

Noun

verr

1. alternative form of werre (“war”)

Old Norse

Etymology 1

From Proto-Norse ᚹᛖᚱᚨᛉ (weraʀ), from Proto-Germanic *weraz, from Proto-Indo-European *wiHrós.

Noun

verr m

1. warrior
2. man, husband

Inflection

Declension of verr (strong a-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	verr	verrinn	verar	verarnir
accusative	ver	verinn	vera	verana
dative	veri	verinum	verum	verunum
genitive	vers	versins	vera	veranna

Descendants

• Icelandic: ver
• Faroese: ver-
• Old Swedish: vær-
  • Swedish: vär-

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adverb

verr

1. comparative degree of ílla (“badly”)

References

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “verr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive