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bør.

wheelbarrow

3 characters1 syllables approx.Dansk language

Meaning & usage

noun/bøːˀr/[ˈb̥øˀɐ̯][ˈb̥øɐ̯ˀ]

  1. wheelbarrow

    common-gender

  2. battered old hat

    common-gender
Where this word comes from

From Middle Low German bore. It is derived from the verb German Low German bören (“to lift”), from Proto-Germanic *burjaną.

noun/bøːˀr/[ˈb̥øˀɐ̯][ˈb̥øɐ̯ˀ]

  1. wind, fair wind

    common-gender · no-plural
Where this word comes from

From Old Norse byrr, Proto-Germanic *buriz (“favorable wind”).

noun/bøːˀr/[ˈb̥øˀɐ̯][ˈb̥øɐ̯ˀ]

  1. womb, uterus (of animals)

    common-gender · dated
Where this word comes from

From Old Norse burðr m (“bearing, birth”), byrð f (“ancestry”), from Proto-Germanic *burdiz ~ *burþiz, cognate with Norwegian foster m, burar (“uterus”), Swedish börd, English birth, German Geburt. Doublet of byrd.

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