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See also: Appendix:Variations of "or"

Danish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Sense 1 from Old Norse aurr, from Proto-Germanic *auraz (“wet sand or earth, mud”). Sense 2 from Old Norse eyrr, related to aurr.

Noun

ør c (singular definite øren, plural indefinite ører)

  1. (dated) gravel
  2. (dated) gravel bank, ayre, gravel beach
Declension
Declension of ør
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative ør øren ører ørerne
genitive ørs ørens ørers ørernes

Etymology 2

From Old Norse ǿrr, from Proto-Germanic *wōrijaz, probably cognate with English weary.

Adjective

ør (neuter ørt, plural and definite singular attributive øre)

  1. dizzy, woozy
  2. (rare) confused
Inflection
Inflection of ør
Positive Comparative Superlative
Indefinte common singular ør — —2
Indefinite neuter singular ørt — —2
Plural øre — —2
Definite attributive1 øre — —
1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Norse ǿrr.

Adjective

ør (neuter ørt, definite singular and plural øre, comparative ørare, indefinite superlative ørast, definite superlative øraste)

  1. dizzy, woozy

Etymology 2

Verb

ør

  1. imperative of øre

Etymology 3

From Old Norse eyrr, from Proto-Germanic *aurī.

Noun

ør f (definite singular øra, indefinite plural ørar or ører, definite plural ørane or ørene)

  1. (pre-2012) alternative form of øyr

Etymology 4

From Old Norse yðr.

Alternative forms

Pronoun

ør

  1. (obsolete, dialectal, Lofoten, Helgeland) objective case of i
    • 1853, Ivar Aasen, Prøver af Landsmaalet i Norge (overall work in Danish), Christiania: Carl C. Werner & Co., page 2:
      men æg undras paa, at i sku kjenn' mæg; æg trur aller, at æg kjenne ør; æg tyks aller ha sett ør før.
      Though I wonder how you would know me. I don't think I know you. I don't think I've ever seen you before.

References

  • “ør” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
  • Ivar Aasen (1850) “i”, in Ordbog over det norske Folkesprog‎ (in Danish), Oslo: Samlaget, published 2000

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