No. 908 in Icelandic
hvorki
Neither.
In a sentence
Ég vil hvorki epli né banana.
I want neither an apple nor a banana.
Here, 'hvorki' is used to negate both options presented, signifying the speaker wants neither item.
Hann sást hvorki í dag né í gær.
He was seen neither today nor yesterday.
In this case, 'hvorki' applies to temporal contexts, negating the appearances on both days mentioned.
Við tókum hvorki lest né bíl.
We took neither a train nor a car.
Here, 'hvorki' is used to specify that neither of the transportation modes was chosen.
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