yver

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Etymology

From Old Norse júr, júgr, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ewHdʰ-r̥- (udder).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /yːvər/, [ˈyːˀvɐ], [ˈyːˀwɐ], [ˈywˀɐ]

Noun

yver n (singular definite yveret, plural indefinite yvere)

  1. udder (part of domestic milk-giving animal that expresses milk)

Inflection


Middle English

Noun

yver

  1. Alternative form of yvory

Middle French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old French yver, from Latin hībernum

Noun

yver m (plural yvers)

  1. winter

Descendants

  • French: hiver

Norwegian Nynorsk

Preposition

yver

(pre-1938) alternative form of over

  1. (dated, høgnorsk) over (above)
  2. (dated, høgnorsk) over, across
    Kann du få meg yver elvi?
    Can you get me across the river?

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin hībernum (tempus).

Noun

yver oblique singularm (oblique plural yvers, nominative singular yvers, nominative plural yver)

  1. winter

Descendants