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Norwegian Bokmål
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /çɛr/
- Rhymes: -ɛr
- Hyphenation: kjerr
Etymology 1
From Old Norse kjarr (“copsewood, brushwood, thicket”), from Proto-Germanic *kerzą, *kerzuz (“scrub, bushes”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵers- (“to turn, bend, twist”).
Noun
kjerr n (definite singular kjerret, indefinite plural kjerr, definite plural kjerra or kjerrene)
- (chiefly dialectal) a small bog or swamp; marsh (an area of low, wet land, often with tall grass)
- Synonyms: myr, sump
- a small scrub, especially with willows or alder on marshy ground
1858, Nicolai Ramm Østgaard, Fra Skov og Fjeld, page 119:[hesten ville idelig] gjøre afstikkere ind mellem kjærrene for at afrive sig en mundfuld løv- make detours in between the scrubs to tear off a mouthful of foliage
1907, Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, Bjørnstjerne Bjørnsons fortællinger, page 29:jeg ledte i hvert kjær- I searched in every scrub
1989, Herbjørg Wassmo, Dinas bok, page 52:[bringebærene] blir plukket i kjerret bak stabburet- are picked in the scrub behind the storage house
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Alternative or dialectal form of kjer (“a fishing device”), from Old Norse ker (“tub, vessel, goblet”), from Proto-Germanic *kazą (“vessel, vat, tub, barrel”), from *kas- (“to throw, toss, raise, bring up”), of unknown origin. Doublet of kar.
Noun
kjerr n (definite singular kjerret, indefinite plural kjerr, definite plural kjerra or kjerrene)
- Alternative spelling of kjer (“a device consisting of a chamber with a wedge-shaped entrance for catching salmon or trout in rivers”)
References
- “kjerr” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “kjerr_1” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
- “kjerr_2” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
- “kjer” in Store norske leksikon
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse kjarr.
Pronunciation
Noun
kjerr n (definite singular kjerret, indefinite plural kjerr, definite plural kjerra)
- thicket
1971, Olav H. Hauge, Tid å hausta inn:[…] og svarte klasar av bjønnebær skin i kjerri, […]- and black bunches of blackberries glimmer in the thickets,
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