"ur" meaning in Old Swedish

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Noun

Forms: ūr [canonical, neuter]
Etymology: From Old Norse úr, Proto-Germanic *ūrą (“water, rain; wetness”), from Proto-Indo-European *uh₁r-, zero grade form of *weh₁r- (“water”). Etymology templates: {{inh|gmq-osw|non|úr}} Old Norse úr, {{inh|gmq-osw|gem-pro|*ūrą|t=water, rain; wetness}} Proto-Germanic *ūrą (“water, rain; wetness”), {{der|gmq-osw|ine-pro|*uh₁r-}} Proto-Indo-European *uh₁r- Head templates: {{head|gmq-osw|noun|g=n|head=ūr}} ūr n
  1. prominent (windy) precipitation (drizzle, rain, hail, sleet, snow), by extension: bad weather involving precipitation, light storm
    Sense id: en-ur-gmq-osw-noun-Hz9n0V8W Categories (other): Old Swedish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Old Swedish entries with incorrect language header: 48 7 45
  2. windy snowfall
    Sense id: en-ur-gmq-osw-noun-gmq_osw:snowfall
  3. (Runic alphabet) name of the rune ᚢ (u)
    Sense id: en-ur-gmq-osw-noun-Jce7Llvd Categories (other): Old Swedish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Old Swedish entries with incorrect language header: 48 7 45
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: ūrvæþer, ūrvædher
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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "ūrvæþer"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "ūrvædher"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "raw_tags": [
        "n"
      ],
      "word": "ur"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "raw_tags": [
        "reshaped by analogy or addition of morphemes",
        "n"
      ],
      "word": "yr"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "raw_tags": [
        "reshaped by analogy or addition of morphemes",
        "f"
      ],
      "word": "yra"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "úr",
      "úr#Old_Norse"
    ],
    [
      "*ūrą",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/ūrą"
    ],
    [
      "*uh₁r-",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/uh₁r-"
    ],
    [
      "*weh₁r-",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/weh₁r-"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmq-osw",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "úr"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse úr",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmq-osw",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*ūrą",
        "t": "water, rain; wetness"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *ūrą (“water, rain; wetness”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmq-osw",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*uh₁r-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *uh₁r-",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Norse úr, Proto-Germanic *ūrą (“water, rain; wetness”), from Proto-Indo-European *uh₁r-, zero grade form of *weh₁r- (“water”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ūr",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmq-osw",
        "2": "noun",
        "g": "n",
        "head": "ūr"
      },
      "expansion": "ūr n",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old Swedish",
  "lang_code": "gmq-osw",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "48 7 45",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old Swedish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "prominent (windy) precipitation (drizzle, rain, hail, sleet, snow), by extension: bad weather involving precipitation, light storm"
      ],
      "id": "en-ur-gmq-osw-noun-Hz9n0V8W",
      "links": [
        [
          "prominent",
          "prominent"
        ],
        [
          "windy",
          "windy"
        ],
        [
          "precipitation",
          "precipitation"
        ],
        [
          "bad weather",
          "bad weather"
        ],
        [
          "precipitation",
          "precipitation"
        ],
        [
          "storm",
          "storm"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "windy snowfall"
      ],
      "id": "en-ur-gmq-osw-noun-gmq_osw:snowfall",
      "links": [
        [
          "windy",
          "windy"
        ],
        [
          "snowfall",
          "snowfall"
        ]
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "gmq-osw:snowfall"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "48 7 45",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old Swedish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              7,
              9
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              8,
              10
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Fire f. Ur u. Thurs (Jötun) þ. Æsir o. Read (Ruling) r. Kåk (Penalty post) k. Hail h. Need n. Ice i. Year a. Sun s. Tyr t. Birch b. Lake l. Man m. hanging sun R.",
          "ref": "ca. 1530, Olaus Petri, “Om runskrift.”, in Olaus Petri, Samlade skrifter 4, 1917:",
          "text": "Fyr f. Vr u. Thors þ. Aos o. Radher r. Kaguen k. Hagel h. Nodher n. Is i. Åårs a. Sool s. Thir t. Birkal b. Lagher l. Madher m. hengiande sool R.",
          "translation": "Fire f. Ur u. Thurs (Jötun) þ. Æsir o. Read (Ruling) r. Kåk (Penalty post) k. Hail h. Need n. Ice i. Year a. Sun s. Tyr t. Birch b. Lake l. Man m. hanging sun R.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "name of the rune ᚢ (u)"
      ],
      "id": "en-ur-gmq-osw-noun-Jce7Llvd",
      "links": [
        [
          "ᚢ",
          "ᚢ#Translingual"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "Runic alphabet",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Runic alphabet) name of the rune ᚢ (u)"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ur"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Old Swedish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Old Swedish lemmas",
    "Old Swedish neuter nouns",
    "Old Swedish nouns",
    "Old Swedish terms derived from Old Norse",
    "Old Swedish terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old Swedish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Old Swedish terms inherited from Old Norse",
    "Old Swedish terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Pages with 30 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "gmq-osw:Snow",
    "gmq-osw:Weather",
    "gmq-osw:Wind"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "ūrvæþer"
    },
    {
      "word": "ūrvædher"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "raw_tags": [
        "n"
      ],
      "word": "ur"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "raw_tags": [
        "reshaped by analogy or addition of morphemes",
        "n"
      ],
      "word": "yr"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "raw_tags": [
        "reshaped by analogy or addition of morphemes",
        "f"
      ],
      "word": "yra"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "úr",
      "úr#Old_Norse"
    ],
    [
      "*ūrą",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/ūrą"
    ],
    [
      "*uh₁r-",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/uh₁r-"
    ],
    [
      "*weh₁r-",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/weh₁r-"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmq-osw",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "úr"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse úr",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmq-osw",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*ūrą",
        "t": "water, rain; wetness"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *ūrą (“water, rain; wetness”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmq-osw",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*uh₁r-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *uh₁r-",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Norse úr, Proto-Germanic *ūrą (“water, rain; wetness”), from Proto-Indo-European *uh₁r-, zero grade form of *weh₁r- (“water”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ūr",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmq-osw",
        "2": "noun",
        "g": "n",
        "head": "ūr"
      },
      "expansion": "ūr n",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old Swedish",
  "lang_code": "gmq-osw",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "prominent (windy) precipitation (drizzle, rain, hail, sleet, snow), by extension: bad weather involving precipitation, light storm"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "prominent",
          "prominent"
        ],
        [
          "windy",
          "windy"
        ],
        [
          "precipitation",
          "precipitation"
        ],
        [
          "bad weather",
          "bad weather"
        ],
        [
          "precipitation",
          "precipitation"
        ],
        [
          "storm",
          "storm"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "windy snowfall"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "windy",
          "windy"
        ],
        [
          "snowfall",
          "snowfall"
        ]
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "gmq-osw:snowfall"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Swedish terms with quotations",
        "gmq-osw:Runic letter names"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              7,
              9
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              8,
              10
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Fire f. Ur u. Thurs (Jötun) þ. Æsir o. Read (Ruling) r. Kåk (Penalty post) k. Hail h. Need n. Ice i. Year a. Sun s. Tyr t. Birch b. Lake l. Man m. hanging sun R.",
          "ref": "ca. 1530, Olaus Petri, “Om runskrift.”, in Olaus Petri, Samlade skrifter 4, 1917:",
          "text": "Fyr f. Vr u. Thors þ. Aos o. Radher r. Kaguen k. Hagel h. Nodher n. Is i. Åårs a. Sool s. Thir t. Birkal b. Lagher l. Madher m. hengiande sool R.",
          "translation": "Fire f. Ur u. Thurs (Jötun) þ. Æsir o. Read (Ruling) r. Kåk (Penalty post) k. Hail h. Need n. Ice i. Year a. Sun s. Tyr t. Birch b. Lake l. Man m. hanging sun R.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "name of the rune ᚢ (u)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ᚢ",
          "ᚢ#Translingual"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "Runic alphabet",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Runic alphabet) name of the rune ᚢ (u)"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ur"
}

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