knort

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Danish

Noun

knort c (singular definite knorten, plural indefinite knorter)

  1. a knob, bump, lump, protrusion or irregularity of the surface, such as in wood
    Synonyms: knop, knast
    • 1781, Kongelige Danske videnskabernes selskab, Nye samling af det Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes selskabs skrifter, page 128:
      ... i Randen meget ujevne Ringe, der omgiver Larvens Ryg og Sider, og hvori Knorterne sidde indfattede (radviis) som Steene i en Ring.
      ... in the edge, very irregular rings, that surround the back and sides of the larva, and in which the bumps are set (row-wise) like gems in a ring.
    • 1761, Johan PAULLI (Botanist.), Dansk Oeconomisk Urte-Bog, page 101:
      Drejere betiener sig særdeles af Knorterne og gamle Birke-Rødder at dreje adskillige smukke Karaf, hvorudi Aarene løber meget krusede igiennem hinanden, og ere skiønne at ansee, naar de derhos laqueres.
      Turners especially exploit the knobs and old birch-roots to turn several beautiful carafes, in which the veins run very curlily through one other, and are pretty to behold, when they are also lacquered.
    • 1782-1848, Steen Steensen Blicher, "Snedkersang" in an anthology, Lindhardt og Ringhof, →ISBN:
      Paa Livets den haarde og knudrede Sti / De høvle med megen Umage: / Af Knorterne jevne de een ud af ti; / Af Splinter bli'er mange tilbage. / Men Snedkren den Bane udhøvler Dig net, / Hvor sidst Du henglider saa stille og let.
      On the hard and knobby path of life / They plane with great effort: / Of the knots, they even one out of ten; / Of splinters, many remain. / But the carpenter neatly planes for you that track / On which, in the end, you shall glide upon quietly and easily.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Similar to dialectal Northern Swedish knort, alternative form of Swedish knott.

Pronunciation

Noun

knort m (definite singular knorten, uncountable)

  1. (dialectal, Trøndelag, Helgeland) Alternative form of knott (“no-see-ums”)
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