vårå

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• vårrå (Trøndelag)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²ʋɔɾɔ/, /²ʋɔɾːɔ/
• Note: All vowels are short.

Etymology 1

Noun

vårå

1. (dialectal) alternative form of vere (“botfly larvae”)

Etymology 2

From Old Norse vera, where the vowels are fully levelled. Cf. våtå < vita.

Verb

vårå (present tense e, past tense va, present participle veri or vori or viri or vyri or vyry)

1. (dialectal, Trøndelag, Eastern Norway) alternative form of vera (“to be”)
   • 1853, Ivar Aasen, Prøver af landsmaalet i Norge, Christiania: Printed by Carl C. Werner & Comp, page 8:

     saa kom Guten heim att aa ha’ ingjen Ting lært. Saa skul han lær’ sæg te Skomakar, aa dæ gjekk lik’eins; saa skul han vaaraa Snikkar, aa dæ gjekk paa saammaa Maatin.

     then the boy came home and had learnt nothing. Then he was learning how to be a shoemaker, and it ended the same; then he was going to be a carpenter, and it went the same way.

Etymology 3

From Old Norse vara.

Verb

vårå

1. (dialectal) alternative form of vara (“to last”)