bur

• burr

From Middle English burre, from a Scandinavian language, such as Danish burre (“bur, burdock”). See also burr.

bur (plural burs)

1. A rough, prickly husk around the seeds or fruit of some plants.
2. Any of several plants having such husks.
3. A rotary cutting implement having a selection of variously shaped heads.
4. Alternative form of burr (small piece of material)

• RUB, bru, rub

From Old Norse búr.

• IPA^(key): /buːr/, [b̥uːˀɐ̯], [b̥uɐ̯ˀ]

bur n (singular definite buret, plural indefinite bure)

1. cage

From Old Norse burr, from Proto-Germanic *buriz. Cognate with Old English byre (“descendant, son”).

• IPA^(key): /pʏːr/
• Rhymes: -ʏːr

bur m (genitive singular burs, nominative plural burir)

1. (poetic) son

The accusative plural buru also exists, but is only used in the phrase eiga börn og buru.

From Latin bonus, from Old Latin duenos, later duonus, from Proto-Italic *dw-enos, from Proto-Indo-European *dew- (“to show favor, revere”).

bur m (feminine burĕ, neuter buro)

1. good

Borrowed from Dutch boor (“drill”).

bur

1. drill

bur

1. 2nd person singular present indicative form of burt
2. 3rd person singular present indicative form of burt
3. 3rd person plural present indicative form of burt
4. 2nd person singular imperative form of burt
5. (with the particle lai) 3rd person singular imperative form of burt
6. (with the particle lai) 3rd person plural imperative form of burt

bur

1. flour

From Old Norse búr.

IPA^(key): [bʉʷːɾ]

bur n (definite singular buret, indefinite plural bur, definite plural bura or burene)

1. cage
2. goal (sports)

• burhøne, burhøns

“bur” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Old Norse búr.

bur n (definite singular buret, indefinite plural bur, definite plural bura)

1. cage
2. goal (sports)

bur

1. present of bu

“bur” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Proto-Germanic *būraz. Cognate with Old Saxon būr, Old High German būr (German Bauer (“birdcage”)), Old Norse búr (Swedish bur).

• IPA^(key): /buːr/, [buːrˠ]

būr m

1. private chamber, room

• English: bower

būr m

1. a peasant, farmer

From Proto-Germanic *būraz, whence also Old English būr, Old Norse búr.

būr m

1. peasant
2. quarters

• German: Bauer

From Proto-Germanic *būraz, whence also Old English būr, Old Norse búr.

būr m

1. neighbour
2. inhabitant

• Low German: Buer, Boer

Same as the masculine noun.

būr n

1. dwelling

From Old Norse búr, from Proto-Germanic *būraz.

bur m

1. dwelling, residence
2. storehouse
3. room, chamber
4. cage

• Swedish: bur

bur m, f (plural bures)

1. Archaic form of bóer.

From Vulgar Latin *burius, compare Italian buio.

• IPA^(key): /buːr/

bur m

1. darkness (lack of light)
   • December 2007, Nevio Spadoni, Guido Bianchi, Urazion in la Ludla, il Papiro, page 9:

     Te, che t’vid / la luš int e’ mi bur, […]

     You, who sees / the light in my darkness, […]

From Old Swedish būr, from Old Norse búr, from Proto-Germanic *būraz.

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• Rhymes: -ʉːr

bur c

1. a cage
2. (slang) a prison, a jail, an arrest

   att sitta i buren

   to be imprisoned

Borrowed from Russian бу́рый (búryj).

bur

1. brown

bur

1. brown

• Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), “бурый”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /bɨːr/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /biːr/

bur

1. Soft mutation of pur.

From Old Norse búr, from Proto-Germanic *būraz.

bur n

1. (hunting) cage for catching birds
2. hovel

• fåtabeor
• stabur