kjarr

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See also: kjárr

Icelandic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse kjarr.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

kjarr n (genitive singular kjarrs, nominative plural kjörr)

  1. brushwood, copsewood

Declension[edit]

declension of kjarr
n-s singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative kjarr kjarrið kjörr kjörrin
accusative kjarr kjarrið kjörr kjörrin
dative kjarri kjarrinu kjörrum kjörrunum
genitive kjarrs kjarrsins kjarra kjarranna

Synonyms[edit]

Old Norse[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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”).[1] Compare Old Armenian ծառ (caṙ, “tree”), also Ancient Greek γέρδιος (gérdios, “weaver”).

Noun[edit]

kjarr n

  1. copsewood, brushwood, thicket

Descendants[edit]

  • Danish: kær
  • Icelandic: kjarr
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kjerr
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kjerr
  • Swedish: kärr

References[edit]

  • “kjarr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic‎[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press
  1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “392-93”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 392-93
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