tauvra

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Inherited from Old Norse taufra. Attested by Christen Jensøn in 1646 as tougre.

Verb

tauvra (present tense tauvrar, past tense tauvra, past participle tauvra, passive infinitive tauvrast, present participle tauvrande, imperative tauvra/tauvr)

  1. to bewitch

References

  • “tauvra” in Ivar Aasen (1873) Norsk Ordbog med dansk Forklaring
  • Torleiv Hannaas (1915) Ældre norske Sprogminder : Christen Jensøns Den Norske Dictionarium (in Norwegian Nynorsk), page 87
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.