This is the 164th most frequent Icelandic word.
hver
The Icelandic word "hver" means "who," "each," or "every," and can also refer to a "hot spring" in certain contexts.
Here, 'hver' is used as an interrogative pronoun to ask about someone's identity.
Hver ertu?
Who are you?
In this sentence, 'hver' is used as an indefinite pronoun meaning 'anyone' or 'any.'
Ég heimsótti hver sem var.
I visited anyone.
Here, 'hver' functions as a determiner meaning 'every' to indicate all individual instances of a group.