kjarr

See also: kjárr

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse kjarr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /cʰarː/

Noun

kjarr n (genitive singular kjarrs, nominative plural kjörr)

1. brushwood, copsewood

   Synonym: hrís

Declension

Declension of kjarr (neuter)

	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

Old Norse

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”).

Noun

kjarr n

1. copsewood, brushwood, thicket

Descendants

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

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “kjarr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive