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Danish
Etymology
From Old Danish iugher, from Old Norse júr, júgr, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ewHdʰ-r̥- (“udder”).
Pronunciation
Noun
yver n (singular definite yveret, plural indefinite yvere)
- udder (part of domestic milk-giving animal that expresses milk)
Inflection
Middle English
Noun
yver
- Alternative form of yvory
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French yver, from Latin hībernum.
Noun
yver m (plural yvers)
- winter
Descendants
Norwegian Nynorsk
Preposition
yver
- (pre-1938) alternative form of over
- (dated, høgnorsk) over (above)
- (dated, høgnorsk) over, across
Kann du få meg yver elvi?- Can you get me across the river?
Old French
Etymology
From Latin hībernum (tempus).
Noun
yver oblique singular, m (oblique plural yvers, nominative singular yvers, nominative plural yver)
- winter
Descendants