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noun masculinesubstantiv hankjønn

infield, cultivated land around a farm · a farm (in farm names)

EtymologyOpphav

norrønt bǿr ‘gard’; samme opprinnelse som by (I)city, town Old Norse bǿr ‘farm’; the same origin as by (I)city, town

Senses and Example SentencesBetydning og bruk

  1. innmarkinfield, cultivated land around a farm omkring en gård (I, 1)a farm cultivated landinnmark around a farmgård (I, 1)
    • gårdene ligger bø i bø the farms lie side by side
    • slippe kyrne ut på bøen to let the cows out onto the infield
  2. i gårdsnavn: bondegårdfarm in farm names: a farmbondegård