snor
Dutch
Pronunciation
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Etymology 1
Shortened from snorbaard, a borrowing from Low German snurbaard. Compare German Low German Snurrbaart, Saterland Frisian Snurboart, West Frisian snor, German Schnurrbart.
Synonyms
- (moustache): knevel
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology 1
From Middle Low German snor
Noun
snor f or m (definite singular snora or snoren, indefinite plural snorer, definite plural snorene)
- string, cord
- a line (of string or cord)
- a tape (used for an opening ceremony)
- Varaordfører Arnfinn Uthus fikk æren av å klippe snora og markere åpningen av nye Lærerskolealleen og Eivind Torps veg fredag formiddag. - Arnfinn Uthus got the honour of cutting the tape to mark the opening of the new Lærerskolealleen and Eivind Torps veg on Friday morning.
Derived terms
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Middle Low German snor
Derived terms
Old Norse
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *snuzō, from Proto-Indo-European *snusós. Compare Old English snoru.
Declension
Declension of snor (strong ō-stem)
feminine | singular | plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | snor | snorin | snorar | snorarnar |
accusative | snor | snorina | snorar | snorarnar |
dative | snor | snorinni | snorum | snorunum |
genitive | snorar | snorarinnar | snora | snoranna |
Descendants
- Icelandic: snör
References
- snor in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish snoor m, an early Old Swedish lengthened form of a snor; like Norwegian and Old Danish snor and snør, Westrobothnian snɑr, from Proto-Germanic *snuza-. Related to snusa.
Westrobothnian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /snuːr/, [snɯ́ᵝːɾ] (example of pronunciation)
- Rhymes: -úːr
- (ð-r merger) Rhymes: -úːð, -úːr
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