verða

From Old Norse verða, from Proto-Germanic *werþaną.

• IPA^(key): /ˈveːɹa/

  Rhymes: -eːɹa

  Homophone: vera

verða (third person singular past indicative varð, third person plural past indicative vórðu, supine vorðið)

1. to become
2. to be

From Old Norse verða, from Proto-Germanic *werþaną.

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɛrða/

  Rhymes: -ɛrða

verða (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative varð, third-person plural past indicative urðu, supine orðið)

1. to become
   • Genesis 1 (Icelandic translation)

     Guð sagði: „Verði ljós!“ Og það varð ljós. Guð sá, að ljósið var gott, og Guð greindi ljósið frá myrkrinu. Og Guð kallaði ljósið dag, en myrkrið kallaði hann nótt. Það varð kveld og það varð morgunn, hinn fyrsti dagur.

     And God said, "Let there be light," and there was light. God saw that the light was good, and He separated the light from the darkness. God called the light "day," and the darkness he called "night." And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day.

   Ertu orðinn reiður?

   Are you angry?

   Láttu ekki svona, ekki segja að ég sé ungur. Ég er orðinn gamall.

   Come on, don't call me young. I'm an old man.

2. to have to, must

   Þú verður að fylgjast með!

   You must pay attention!

3. (pertaining to a future event) be going to be, will be

   Þetta verður betra, ég er að leita að nýrri vinnu.

   Everything is going to get better, I'm looking for a new job.

   • Á Sprengisandi (“On Sprengisandur”) by Grímur Thomsen

     Ríðum, ríðum og rekum yfir sandinn,

     rennur sól á bak við Arnarfell,

     hér á reiki er margur óhreinn andinn,

     úr því fer að skyggja á jökulsvell;

     Drottinn leiði drösulinn minn,

     drjúgur verður síðasti áfanginn.

     Ride, ride, ride hard across the sands,

     the sun is settling behind Arnarfell.

     Here many spirits of the dark

     threaten in the gloom over the glacier's ice.

     The Lord leads my horse,

     the last part will be long.

   • Genesis 1-3 (English, Icelandic)

     Guð sagði: „Verði festing milli vatnanna, og hún greini vötn frá vötnum.“

     And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.

• (become): gerast
• (have to): þurfa

From Proto-Germanic *werþaną, from Proto-Indo-European *wértti, from *wert- (“to turn”). Cognate with Old English weorþan, wurþan, Old Frisian wertha, Old Saxon werthan, Old Dutch werthan, Old High German werdan, Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌸𐌰𐌽 (wairþan).

verða (singular past indicative varð, plural past indicative urðu, past participle orðinn)

1. to become

• Icelandic: verða
• Faroese: verða
• Norwegian Bokmål: vart (past tense of bli, 1938-2005)
• Norwegian Nynorsk: verta, verte
• Elfdalian: werda
• Old Swedish: værþa, varþa
  • Swedish: varda
• Old Danish: warthæ
  • Danish: vorde (archaic)
    • → Norwegian Bokmål: vorde (archaic)
• Old Gutnish: warþa