hvorki

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse hvártki, properly the neuter nominative and accusative of hvárrgi, i.e. the pronoun hvárr with the suffix -gi.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [kʰvɔr̥cɪ], [xʷɔr̥cɪ]
  • Rhymes: -ɔr̥cɪ

Conjunction

hvorki

  1. neither (used with né (“nor”))
    Ég vil hvorki sykur né mjólk.
    I want neither sugar nor milk.

Derived terms
  • hvorki fugl né fiskur
  • hvorki fyrr né síðar
  • geta hvorki hrært legg né lið
  • hvorki tangur né tetur
  • gera hvorki til né frá
  • hvorki æmta né skræmta
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