þvara

See also: tvara

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse þvara.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈθvaːra/
  • Rhymes: -aːra
  • Hyphenation: þva‧ra

Noun

þvara f (genitive singular þvöru, nominative plural þvörur)

  1. (archaic) cooking spoon, kitchen spoon (a long utensil, made of wood or iron, for stirring in a pot)

Declension

Declension of þvara (feminine)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative þvara þvaran þvörur þvörurnar
accusative þvöru þvöruna þvörur þvörurnar
dative þvöru þvörunni þvörum þvörunum
genitive þvöru þvörunnar þvara þvaranna

Derived terms

nouns
  • þvörusleikir m pl
nouns

Further reading

Old Norse

Noun

þvara f (genitive þvǫru)

  1. a stirring stick

Declension

Declension of þvara (weak ōn-stem)
feminine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative þvara þvaran þvǫrur þvǫrurnar
accusative þvǫru þvǫruna þvǫrur þvǫrurnar
dative þvǫru þvǫrunni þvǫrum þvǫrunum
genitive þvǫru þvǫrunnar þvarna þvarnanna

Descendants

  • Icelandic: þvara
  • Norwegian Bokmål: turu, tvare
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: turu, tvara, tvare, tvora, tvore, tvoru
  • Old Swedish: *þværa, *þvara

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “þvara”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 520; also available at the Internet Archive
  • Rietz, Johan Ernst (1862-1867) “tvära”, in Svenskt dialektlexikon : ordbok öfver svenska allmogespråket, C. W. K. Gleerups förslag (1962 reprint), page 767–768
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