vandra

• vandret

vandra

1. inflection of vandre:
   1. simple past
   2. past participle

• vandre (e-infinitive)
• vainner (Trøndelag eye dialect spelling)

From Middle Low German wanderen. Compare English wander and Swedish vandra.

• IPA^(key): /²ʋɑndrɑ/
• IPA^(key): /²ʋɑɲːer/ (Trøndelag dialect)

vandra (present tense vandrar, past tense vandra, past participle vandra, passive infinitive vandrast, present participle vandrande, imperative vandra/vandr)

1. to walk (about), to stroll

   Dei vandra hand i hand.

   They walked hand in hand.

   Han vandra gatelangs.

   He strolled up and down the streets.

   I dei dagane då Jesus vandra på Jorda.

   In the days when Jesus walked the Earth.

2. to roam, wander, constantly be on the move

   Han vandra gjennom landet.

   He roamed the country.

   Ho vandra mot byen.

   She wandered towards the town.

   Han lét tankane vandra.

   He let his mind drift.

3. (of an animal) to migrate

   Med så høg fart kan dei vandra tusenvis av kilometer. (translated from Atlantic herring on Wikipedia.Wikipedia )

   With such high speed they can migrate over thousands of kilometers. (from Atlantic herring on Wikipedia.Wikipedia )

4. (euphemistic, idiomatic) to die, pass away

   Han vandra bort for fem år sidan.

   He passed away five years ago.

• gå
• flakka, gå, streifa
• migrera
• døy

• utvandra
• vandrefalk
• vandring
• vandra hedan

• “vandra” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Old Swedish vandra, borrowed from Middle Low German wanderen, from Old Saxon *wandarōn, from Proto-West Germanic *wandarōn.

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vandra (present vandrar, preterite vandrade, supine vandrat, imperative vandra)

1. to wander; to hike

   Jag vandrade över till montern

   I wandered over to the stand

   vandra i fjällen

   hike in the mountains

2. to migrate (to the spawning ground, especially of fish)

• utvandra

• vandra in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• vandra in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• vandra in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

• VD:arna, varnad, vd:arna