yver

See also: þver-

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse júr, júgr, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁euhdʰ-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
Declension of yver
neuter
gender		 Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative yver yveret yvere yverne
genitive yvers yverets yveres yvernes

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

Norwegian Nynorsk

Preposition

yver

form removed with the spelling reform of 1938; superseded by over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 m (oblique plural yvers, nominative singular yvers, nominative plural yver)

  1. winter

Descendants
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