fjøre

From Old Norse fjara.

fjøre f or m (definite singular fjøra or fjøren, indefinite plural fjører, definite plural fjørene)

1. alternative form of fjære

• “fjøre” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Old Norse fjara (“to ebb, flow back”) (oblique case fjǫru). Compare with Faroese fjøra and fjara, and Icelandic fjara.

fjøre f (definite singular fjøra, indefinite plural fjører, definite plural fjørene)

1. low tide, ebb, ebb tide

   Synonyms: ebbe, lågvatn

   Antonyms: flod, høgvatn

2. (hydrology) intertidal zone, foreshore

   Synonym: strand

• fjøra, fjæra (pre-2012)
• fjuru, fjøru (Midlandsnormalen)
• fjære
• fjera, fyru (dialectal)

fjøre (present tense fjørar, past tense fjøra, past participle fjøra, passive infinitive fjørast, present participle fjørande, imperative fjøre/fjør)

1. (hydrology, intransitive) to ebb, flow back

• fjæra, fjære, fjøra

• tjøre (for its similarities)

From the noun fjør f (“feather, spring”).

fjøre (present tense fjørar, past tense fjøra, past participle fjøra, passive infinitive fjørast, present participle fjørande, imperative fjøre/fjør)

1. (transitive or ergative) to clothe or cover with feathers
2. (reflexive) to become vivacious
3. (intransitive) to be elastic or yielding

• fjøre (e-infinitive)

• fjøring f

• “fjøre” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.