smör

From Old Swedish smior, smiør, smør, from Old Norse smjǫr, smør, from Proto-Germanic *smerwą, from Proto-Indo-European *smérus.

• IPA^(key): /smøːr/

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smör n

1. butter (soft foodstuff made from milk)
2. (by extension) butter (fat spread on a sandwich, whether strictly butter or for example margarine)

   bre smör på en macka

   spread butter on a sandwich

3. (colloquial) flattering, sucking up

   Synonym: smörande

Not normally considered a pålägg (“topping, spread”) in itself when spread on a sandwich. Sandwiches are almost always buttered in Swedish cuisine.

• bre
• macka (“sandwich”)
• smörgås (“sandwich”)

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