Svarka

Norwegian Bokmål Svarka no Etymology Ultimately nb 1. Peter Andreas Munch connected the name with a reconstructed verb *svirka, corresponding to Proto-Germanic gem-pro *swerkaną to darken, become obscured, reflected in Old English ang sweorcan to become dark, be obscured. If this explanation is correct, the river name would have meant approximately “the dark one”. Compare the Norwegian river names nb Surka, nb Svorka and nb Sverka, which Oluf Rygh assigns to the same stem. Pronunciation nb /ˈsʋar.ka/ nb arka 2 nb Svar ka Proper noun nb proper noun nb river mun:suf/Gjøvik county:also/Innlandet c:also/Norway flowing east from the lake nb Store Svarken into nb Vismunda below nb Kårstadsetra. References Oluf Rygh (1904), “Svarka”, in Norske Elvenavne, p. 255. Svarka no nb Rivers in Innlandet, Norway