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vær homograph 2

noun neutersubstantiv intetkjønn

a fishing station · a fishing village

EtymologyOpphav

norrønt ver ‘fangstplass ved sjøen’ Old Norse ver 'fishing station by the sea'

Senses and Example SentencesBetydning og bruk

  1. strandsted som folk driver fiske fra;
    jamfør fiskevær (I)a fishing village, a fishing station
    coastal settlement that people fish from;
    compare fiskevær (I)a fishing village, a fishing station
    • i Nord-Norge er det mange vær there are many fishing stations in Northern Norway
  2. sted der en sanker egg og dun av sjøfugl place where people gather eggs and down from seabirds
    as a suffix in words such as:som etterledd i ord som dunværa down-gathering site, a seabird nesting site where down is gathered, eggværa seabird nesting site, an egg-gathering site, fugleværa seabird colony, a seabird nesting site