kjerald

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

  • kiøril (Spydeberg dialect Dictionary of J.N. Wilse, 1780)
  • kiörel (Glossarium Norvagicum of E. Pontoppidan, 1749)

Noun

kjerald n (definite singular kjeraldet, indefinite plural kjerald, definite plural kjeralda)

  1. a wooden tub
    • 1996, Synnøve Risle, “Skotet”, in Den blå rosa, page 45:
      Mor skunda mot eldhuset med kjerald og tvoro.
      Mother hurried to the kitchen hut with a tub and a stirrer
  2. (historical) an old unit of fluid measure, equal to ca. 57 US gallons