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kjer.

a device consisting of a chamber with a wedge-shaped entrance for catching salmon or trout in rivers

4 characters1 syllables approx.Norsk bokmål language

Meaning & usage

noun/çæːr/
  1. a device consisting of a chamber with a wedge-shaped entrance for catching salmon or trout in rivers

    dialectal · neuter
Where this word comes from

From Old Norse ker (“tub, vessel, goblet”), from Proto-Germanic *kazą (“vessel, vat, tub, barrel”), from *kas- (“to throw, toss, raise, bring up”), of unknown origin. Doublet of kar.

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