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jorde

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Danish

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Noun

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jorde c

  1. indefinite plural of jord

Verb

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jorde (imperative jord, infinitive at jorde, present tense jorder, past tense jordede, perfect tense har jordet)

  1. (of person) to put down, to flatten, to floor
  2. to bury or inter (something or someone)
  3. (electricity, slang) to earth (UK) or ground (US) (something)

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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A blending of jord and gjerde

Noun

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jorde n (definite singular jordet, indefinite plural jorder, definite plural jorda or jordene)

  1. (agriculture) a field
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Etymology 2

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From Old Norse jarða (sense 1).

Verb

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jorde (imperative jord, present tense jorder, passive jordes, simple past and past participle jorda or jordet, present participle jordende)

  1. to bury (something)
  2. (electricity) to earth (UK) or ground (US) (something)

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From eastern Middle Norwegian gjorde, from Old Norse gerði.

Noun

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jorde n (definite singular jordet, indefinite plural jorde, definite plural jorda)

  1. (agriculture) a field
    Synonyms: åker, gjerde
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Etymology 2

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Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn

From Old Norse jarða, with its vowel probably influenced by jord from Old Norse jǫrð.

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Verb

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jorde (present tense jordar, past tense jorda, past participle jorda, passive infinitive jordast, present participle jordande, imperative jorde/jord)

  1. (transitive) to bury, inter
  2. (transitive, electricity) to connect electrically to the earth; to earth (UK); to ground (US)
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