purre

From Old English pur (“bittern”).

purre (plural purres)

1. (UK, dialect) A bird, the dunlin.

• purer

From an original base meaning "to stick in, prod," probably of imitative origin, similar to Swedish purra, Dutch porren (“to poke, prod”).

purre (imperative pur, infinitive at purre, present tense purrer, past tense purrede, perfect tense purret)

1. to poke, to stir, to rouse

• “purre” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “purre” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

purre

1. present potential connegative of purra

From Latin porrum.

purre m (definite singular purren, indefinite plural purrer, definite plural purrene)

1. Allium ampeloprasum, syn. Allium porrum, leek

• purreløk

From Low German purren (“stir”).

purre (present tense purrer, past tense purra or purret, past participle purra or purret)

1. to stir, to awaken, to alert
2. to strengthen

• “purre” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

• IPA^(key): /²pʉ rːə/

From Latin porrum.

purre m (definite singular purren, indefinite plural purrar, definite plural purrane)

1. Allium ampeloprasum, syn. Allium porrum, leek

• purrelauk, purreløk

From Low German purren (“stir”).

• purra

purre (present tense purrar, past tense purra, past participle purra, passive infinitive purrast, present participle purrande, imperative purre/purr)

1. to stir, to awaken, to alert
2. to strengthen

• “purre” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

purre

1. inflection of purrir:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative