kjerr
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From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
From Old Norse kjarr (“copsewood, brushwood, thicket”), from Proto-Germanic *kerzą, *kerzuz (“scrub, bushes”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵers- (“to turn, bend, twist”).
kjerr n (definite singular kjerret, indefinite plural kjerr, definite plural kjerra or kjerrene)
Alternative or dialectal form of kjer (“a fishing device”), from Old Norse ker (“tub, vessel, goblet”), from Proto-Germanic *kazą (“vessel, vat, tub, barrel”), from *kas- (“to throw, toss, raise, bring up”), of unknown origin. Doublet of kar.
kjerr n (definite singular kjerret, indefinite plural kjerr, definite plural kjerra or kjerrene)
kjerr n (definite singular kjerret, indefinite plural kjerr, definite plural kjerra)
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