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Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Doublet of fjøre. Some sort of metaphony from Old Norse fjǫru, oblique cases singular of fjara.
Noun
fyru f (definite singular fyru, indefinite plural fyro, definite plural fyrunn, dative singular fyrun, dative plural fyrom)
- (dialectal, Gudbrandsdalen) a sandy riverbank (on either side of a river)
- Synonyms: strand, elvebreidd
1993, Ivar Kleiven, Frå barndomen [From childhood], page 9:Ho [elva] bar til å vekse opp og kom lenger og lenger innetter fyru for kvar dag.- started to grow farther and farther in towards the riverbank, each day.
References
- Ivar Aasen (1850) “Fyru”, in Ordbog over det norske Folkesprog (in Danish), Oslo: Samlaget, published 2000