Ver

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ver"

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse vér, which had both the meanings of "fighter" and "priest," assimilated from Proto-Germanic *wīhaz (“holy”) and *wiganą (“to battle”).[1][2]

Proper noun

Ver m

  1. a male given name

Usage notes
A son's patronymic name
Versson
Son of Ver.
A daughter's patronymic name
Versdóttir
Daughter of Ver.

Declension
declension of Ver
m-s1 singular
indefinite
nominative Ver
accusative Ver
dative Ver
genitive Vers

References
  1. Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
  2. Ferdinand Holthausen: Vergleichendes und Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altwestnordischen (1948)
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