hverr

From Proto-Germanic *hweraz, whence also Old English hwer and Old High German wer. Ultimately from the same root as Irish coire (“kettle, cauldron”), Welsh pair, Sanskrit चरु (carú), Russian чара (čara, “bowl”).

hverr m

1. cauldron, boiler
2. hot spring

• Icelandic: hver m

From Proto-Germanic *hwarjaz (“which, what (of many)”), *hwarjazuh (“each”), cognate with Gothic 𐍈𐌰𐍂𐌾𐌹𐍃 (ƕarjis, “which”), 𐍈𐌰𐍂𐌾𐌹𐌶𐌿𐌷 (ƕarjizuh, “each”). The meaning "who", "which", rather comes from Proto-Germanic *hwaz; see *hver.

hverr (feminine hver, neuter hvert)

1. who, which (of many)
2. each, every
   • Hávamál 77.

     Ek veit einn, at aldri deyr: dómr um dauðan hvern.

• hvergi
• hvernig

• Icelandic: hver
• Faroese: hvør
• Norwegian Nynorsk: kvar, kven; (dialectal) kver
• Old Swedish: hvar (acc. fem. hvaria)
  • Swedish: var, varje, (pre-1906 spelling) hvar, hvarje
• Danish: hver
  • Norwegian Bokmål: hver
• Old Gutnish: hwer

• “hverr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press