"spire" meaning in Norwegian Bokmål

See spire in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: spira [definite, singular], spiren [definite, singular], spirer [indefinite, plural], spirene [definite, plural]
Etymology: From Old Norse spíra (stem, pipe; little tree). Etymology templates: {{der|nb|non|spíra}} Old Norse spíra Head templates: {{nb-noun-c}} spire f or m (definite singular spira or spiren, indefinite plural spirer, definite plural spirene)
  1. sprout Tags: feminine, masculine
    Sense id: en-spire-nb-noun-eVe9-OqX Categories (other): Botany Disambiguation of Botany: 54 46

Verb

Forms: spirer [present], spirte [past], spirt [participle, past]
Etymology: From Old Norse spíra (stem, pipe; little tree). Etymology templates: {{der|nb|non|spíra}} Old Norse spíra Head templates: {{nb-verb-2|spir}} spire (present tense spirer, past tense spirte, past participle spirt)
  1. to sprout
    Sense id: en-spire-nb-verb-BtCZBfEu Categories (other): Botany Disambiguation of Botany: 54 46

Inflected forms

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