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

Declension
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

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

Noun

kjarr n

  1. copsewood, brushwood, thicket

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

References
  • “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, 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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