ǫr

See also: Appendix:Variations of "or"

Old Norse

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *arhwō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂érkʷo-.

Noun

ǫr f (genitive ǫrvar, plural ǫrvar)

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Declension

  Declension of ǫr (strong wō-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	ǫr	ǫrin	ǫrvar	ǫrvarnar
accusative	ǫr	ǫrina	ǫrvar	ǫrvarnar
dative	ǫr, ǫru	ǫrinni, ǫrunni	ǫrum	ǫrunum
genitive	ǫrvar	ǫrvarinnar	ǫrva	ǫrvanna

Descendants

• Icelandic: ör
• Faroese: ørv f, ørvur m
• Old Swedish: arf
• → Swedish: Orvar (borrowed from Old West Norse as personal name)

Etymology 2

Adjective

ǫr

1. inflection of ǫrr:
   1. positive degree strong feminine nominative singular
   2. positive degree strong neuter nominative/accusative plural