Sverka

Norwegian Bokmål Sverka Sverka nn Etymology Ultimately nb 1. Peter Andreas Munch connected the name with a reconstructed Norwegian verb *svirka, corresponding to Proto-Germanic gem-pro *swerkaną to become dark, 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 Svarka, nb Svorka and nb Surka, which Oluf Rygh assigns to the same stem. Pronunciation nb /ˈsʋær.ka/ nb ærka 2 nb Sver ka Proper noun nb proper noun nb river mun:suf/Namsos county:also/Trøndelag c:also/Norway flowing northeast from nb Finnvollvatnet and nb Furudalsvatnet into nb Øyungen. References Oluf Rygh (1904), “Sverka”, in Norske Elvenavne, p. 257. “Sverka”, Sentralt stadnamnregister, Norwegian Mapping Authority. Anagrams nb skaver nb Rivers in Trøndelag, Norway