kåre

Related to the noun kår, itself from the Old Norse kør and from Proto-Germanic *kuzą.

kåre (imperative kår, present tense kårer, passive kåres, simple past and past participle kåra or kåret, present participle kårende)

1. to choose, pick, select

• saligkåre

• kjose, kjosa

• “kåre” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “kåre” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

• kåra

Related to the noun kår

kåre (present tense kårar, past tense kåra, past participle kåra, passive infinitive kårast, present participle kårande, imperative kåre/kår)

1. to choose, pick, select

• saligkåre

• “kåre” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Inherited from Old Norse kári (“gust of wind”).

kåre c

1. a sudden blow of cold wind; a chill or a shiver

   kalla kårar (längs ryggraden) ― shivers down one's spine

Now mostly used in the collocation "kalla kårar", like in the usage example above.

• kåre in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• kåre in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• kåre in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• kåre in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)