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Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /²ʋɔɾɔ/, /²ʋɔɾːɔ/
- Note: All vowels are short.
Etymology 1
Noun
vårå
- (dialectal) alternative form of vere (“botfly larvae”)
Etymology 2
From Old Norse vera, where the vowels are fully levelled. Cf. våtå < vita.
Verb
vårå (present tense e, past tense va, present participle veri or vori or viri or vyri or vyry)
- (dialectal, Trøndelag, Eastern Norway) alternative form of vera (“to be”)
1853, Ivar Aasen, Prøver af landsmaalet i Norge, Christiania: Printed by Carl C. Werner & Comp, page 8:saa kom Guten heim att aa ha’ ingjen Ting lært. Saa skul han lær’ sæg te Skomakar, aa dæ gjekk lik’eins; saa skul han vaaraa Snikkar, aa dæ gjekk paa saammaa Maatin.- then the boy came home and had learnt nothing. Then he was learning how to be a shoemaker, and it ended the same; then he was going to be a carpenter, and it went the same way.
Etymology 3
From Old Norse vara.
Verb
vårå
- (dialectal) alternative form of vara (“to last”)