"kjarr" meaning in Old Norse

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Noun

Etymology: 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”). Compare Old Armenian ծառ (caṙ, “tree”), also Ancient Greek γέρδιος (gérdios, “weaver”). Etymology templates: {{der|non|ine-pro|*gers-|t=to twist, bend, turn}} Proto-Indo-European *gers- (“to twist, bend, turn”), {{cog|osx|kerian}} Old Saxon kerian, {{cog|xcl|ծառ||tree}} Old Armenian ծառ (caṙ, “tree”), {{cog|grc|γέρδιος|t=weaver}} Ancient Greek γέρδιος (gérdios, “weaver”) Head templates: {{head|non|nouns|g=n|g2=|head=|sort=|tr=}} kjarr n, {{non-noun|n}} kjarr n
  1. copsewood, brushwood, thicket Tags: neuter
    Sense id: en-kjarr-non-noun-Oo02J4FS Categories (other): Old Norse entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries
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  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "da",
            "2": "kær"
          },
          "expansion": "Danish: kær",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Danish: kær"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "carr"
          },
          "expansion": "English: carr",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: carr"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "is",
            "2": "kjarr"
          },
          "expansion": "Icelandic: kjarr",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Icelandic: kjarr"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nb",
            "2": "kjerr"
          },
          "expansion": "Norwegian Bokmål: kjerr",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Norwegian Bokmål: kjerr"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nn",
            "2": "kjerr"
          },
          "expansion": "Norwegian Nynorsk: kjerr",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Norwegian Nynorsk: kjerr"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sv",
            "2": "kärr"
          },
          "expansion": "Swedish: kärr",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Swedish: kärr"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*gers-",
        "t": "to twist, bend, turn"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *gers- (“to twist, bend, turn”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "osx",
        "2": "kerian"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Saxon kerian",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "xcl",
        "2": "ծառ",
        "3": "",
        "4": "tree"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Armenian ծառ (caṙ, “tree”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "γέρδιος",
        "t": "weaver"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek γέρδιος (gérdios, “weaver”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "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”). Compare Old Armenian ծառ (caṙ, “tree”), also Ancient Greek γέρδιος (gérdios, “weaver”).",
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        "2": "nouns",
        "g": "n",
        "g2": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": ""
      },
      "expansion": "kjarr n",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n"
      },
      "expansion": "kjarr n",
      "name": "non-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old Norse",
  "lang_code": "non",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old Norse entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "copsewood, brushwood, thicket"
      ],
      "id": "en-kjarr-non-noun-Oo02J4FS",
      "links": [
        [
          "copsewood",
          "copsewood"
        ],
        [
          "brushwood",
          "brushwood"
        ],
        [
          "thicket",
          "thicket"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "kjarr"
}
{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "da",
            "2": "kær"
          },
          "expansion": "Danish: kær",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Danish: kær"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "carr"
          },
          "expansion": "English: carr",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: carr"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "is",
            "2": "kjarr"
          },
          "expansion": "Icelandic: kjarr",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Icelandic: kjarr"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nb",
            "2": "kjerr"
          },
          "expansion": "Norwegian Bokmål: kjerr",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Norwegian Bokmål: kjerr"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nn",
            "2": "kjerr"
          },
          "expansion": "Norwegian Nynorsk: kjerr",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Norwegian Nynorsk: kjerr"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sv",
            "2": "kärr"
          },
          "expansion": "Swedish: kärr",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Swedish: kärr"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*gers-",
        "t": "to twist, bend, turn"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *gers- (“to twist, bend, turn”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "osx",
        "2": "kerian"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Saxon kerian",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "xcl",
        "2": "ծառ",
        "3": "",
        "4": "tree"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Armenian ծառ (caṙ, “tree”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "γέρδιος",
        "t": "weaver"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek γέρδιος (gérdios, “weaver”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "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”). Compare Old Armenian ծառ (caṙ, “tree”), also Ancient Greek γέρδιος (gérdios, “weaver”).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "nouns",
        "g": "n",
        "g2": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": ""
      },
      "expansion": "kjarr n",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n"
      },
      "expansion": "kjarr n",
      "name": "non-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old Norse",
  "lang_code": "non",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old Norse entries with incorrect language header",
        "Old Norse lemmas",
        "Old Norse neuter nouns",
        "Old Norse nouns",
        "Old Norse terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "copsewood, brushwood, thicket"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "copsewood",
          "copsewood"
        ],
        [
          "brushwood",
          "brushwood"
        ],
        [
          "thicket",
          "thicket"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "kjarr"
}

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