Dovre
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See also: dövrə
English
Proper noun
Dovre
- A municipality in Innlandet, Norway, previously in Oppland.
Anagrams
Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Originally a farm name; from Old Norse Dofrar f pl, from the Proto-Indo-European root *dʰewbʰ- (“deep”). Cognate with Icelandic Dofrar.
Proper noun
Dovre ?
- A village and municipality of Oppland, Norway
- Ellipsis of Dovrefjell (“the mountains of Dovre”).
- Samstelte og trugne til Dovre fell
- United and loyal until (the mountains of) Dovre crumble
Derived terms
- Dovrefjell (“Dovre Mountains”)
- (demonym): døvre, dovring
Etymology 2
From Old Norse Dofri, related to Dofrar (“Dovre”).
Proper noun
Dovre m (definite Dovren)
- (Norse mythology) name of a jotun said to have raised Harald Fairhair
Old French
Proper noun
Dovre