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kjarr

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See also: kjárr

Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse kjarr.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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kjarr n (genitive singular kjarrs, nominative plural kjörr)

  1. brushwood, copsewood
    Synonym: hrís

Declension

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Declension of kjarr (neuter)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative kjarr kjarrið kjörr kjörrin
accusative kjarr kjarrið kjörr kjörrin
dative kjarri kjarrinu kjörrum kjörrunum
genitive kjarrs kjarrsins kjarra kjarranna

Old Norse

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Etymology

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According to Pokorny, from Proto-Indo-European *gers- (“to twist, bend, turn”), see also Old Saxon kerian. This would make it related to keyra (“to whip”).[1] Compare Old Armenian ծառ (caṙ, “tree”), also Ancient Greek γέρδιος (gérdios, “weaver”).

Noun

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kjarr n

  1. copsewood, brushwood, thicket

Descendants

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  • Danish: kær
  • English: carr
  • Icelandic: kjarr
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kjerr
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kjerr
  • Swedish: kärr

References

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  1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “392-93”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 392-93

Further reading

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  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “kjarr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive
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