fyru

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Doublet of fjøre. Some sort of metaphony from Old Norse fjǫru, oblique cases singular of fjara.

Noun

fyru f (definite singular fyru, indefinite plural fyro, definite plural fyrunn, dative singular fyrun, dative plural fyrom)

1. (dialectal, Gudbrandsdalen) a sandy riverbank (on either side of a river)

   Synonyms: strand, elvebreidd

   • 1993, Ivar Kleiven, Frå barndomen [From childhood], page 9:

     Ho [elva] bar til å vekse opp og kom lenger og lenger innetter fyru for kvar dag.

     [The river] started to grow farther and farther in towards the riverbank, each day.

References

• Ivar Aasen (1850) “Fyru”, in Ordbog over det norske Folkesprog‎^[1] (in Danish), Oslo: Samlaget, published 2000