kjerald

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• kiøril (Spydeberg dialect Dictionary of J.N. Wilse, 1780)
• kiörel (Glossarium Norvagicum of E. Pontoppidan, 1749)

Noun

kjerald n (definite singular kjeraldet, indefinite plural kjerald, definite plural kjeralda)

1. a wooden tub
   • 1996, Synnøve Risle, “Skotet”, in Den blå rosa, page 45:

     Mor skunda mot eldhuset med kjerald og tvoro.

     Mother hurried to the kitchen hut with a tub and a stirrer

2. (historical) an old unit of fluid measure, equal to ca. 57 US gallons