"kjerr" meaning in Norwegian Bokmål

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Noun

IPA: /çɛr/ Audio: Nb-kjerr.ogg Forms: kjerret [definite, singular], kjerr [indefinite, plural], kjerra [definite, plural], kjerrene [definite, plural]
Rhymes: -ɛr Etymology: From Old Norse kjarr (“copsewood, brushwood, thicket”), from Proto-Germanic *kerzą, *kerzuz (“scrub, bushes”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵers- (“to turn, bend, twist”). Etymology templates: {{inh|nb|non|kjarr||copsewood, brushwood, thicket}} Old Norse kjarr (“copsewood, brushwood, thicket”), {{inh|nb|gem-pro|*kerzą}} Proto-Germanic *kerzą, {{m|gem-pro|*kerzuz||scrub, bushes}} *kerzuz (“scrub, bushes”), {{inh|nb|ine-pro|*ǵers-||to turn, bend, twist}} Proto-Indo-European *ǵers- (“to turn, bend, twist”)
  1. (chiefly dialectal) a small bog or swamp; marsh (an area of low, wet land, often with tall grass) Tags: dialectal, neuter Categories (place): Landforms Synonyms: myr, sump
    Sense id: en-kjerr-nb-noun-XrQwUgd3 Disambiguation of Landforms: 40 25 35
  2. a small scrub, especially with willows or alder on marshy ground Tags: neuter Categories (place): Landforms
    Sense id: en-kjerr-nb-noun-mS~JQpcK Disambiguation of Landforms: 40 25 35
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: kjer Derived forms: bjørkekjerr, multekjerr, vierkjerr
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /çɛr/ Audio: Nb-kjerr.ogg Forms: kjerret [definite, singular], kjerr [indefinite, plural], kjerra [definite, plural], kjerrene [definite, plural]
Rhymes: -ɛr Etymology: Alternative or dialectal form of kjer (“a fishing device”), from Old Norse ker (“tub, vessel, goblet”), from Proto-Germanic *kazą (“vessel, vat, tub, barrel”), from *kas- (“to throw, toss, raise, bring up”), of unknown origin. Doublet of kar. Etymology templates: {{m|nb|kjer||a fishing device}} kjer (“a fishing device”), {{inh|nb|non|ker||tub, vessel, goblet}} Old Norse ker (“tub, vessel, goblet”), {{inh|nb|gem-pro|*kazą||vessel, vat, tub, barrel}} Proto-Germanic *kazą (“vessel, vat, tub, barrel”), {{m|gem-pro|*kas-||to throw, toss, raise, bring up}} *kas- (“to throw, toss, raise, bring up”), {{doublet|nb|kar}} Doublet of kar
  1. Alternative spelling of kjer (“a device consisting of a chamber with a wedge-shaped entrance for catching salmon or trout in rivers”) Tags: alt-of, alternative, neuter Alternative form of: kjer (extra: a device consisting of a chamber with a wedge-shaped entrance for catching salmon or trout in rivers) Categories (place): Landforms
    Sense id: en-kjerr-nb-noun-UpSpDvN- Disambiguation of Landforms: 40 25 35
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1858, Nicolai Ramm Østgaard, Fra Skov og Fjeld, page 119",
          "text": "[hesten ville idelig] gjøre afstikkere ind mellem kjærrene for at afrive sig en mundfuld løv",
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          "english": "I searched in every scrub",
          "ref": "1907, Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, Bjørnstjerne Bjørnsons fortællinger, page 29",
          "text": "jeg ledte i hvert kjær",
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          "english": "[the raspberries] are picked in the scrub behind the storage house",
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