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Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Borrowed from Danish kavring, from older kaghring, related to Old Norse kǫgurr. Also claimed to come from Russian коври́га (kovríga). Compare Faroese karvingur and (dialectal) Swedish kavring.
Noun
kavring m (definite singular kavringen, indefinite plural kavringar, definite plural kavringane)
- a rusk (a bun that’s cut in half after the first cooking and then cooked a second time)
- a potato flatbread
References
- ^ “kavring”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (in Swedish), 1937
- ^ Alf Torp (1919) Nynorsk etymologisk ordbok, Kristiania: Aschehoug