kärve

Swedish

Etymology 1

From Old Swedish kærve, from Old Norse kerfi, kjarf, likely from Proto-Germanic *kerbą, a derivation of Proto-Germanic *krebô (“basket, bucket”). Related to karva, korv, karm. Compare Middle Dutch kerven, German kerben, Old English ceorfan. Cognate with Icelandic kerfi (“system”), Faroese kervi (“sheaf of sedge, system”).[1]

Noun

kärve c

  1. (agriculture) a sheaf
    Synonym: sädeskärve
    1. (heraldry) a garb
      Near-synonym: vase
  2. (by extension) something shaped like a sheaf
Declension
Declension of kärve
nominative genitive
singular indefinite kärve kärves
definite kärven kärvens
plural indefinite kärvar kärvars
definite kärvarna kärvarnas
Derived terms
  • halmkärve
  • julkärve
  • kulkärve
  • kärvband
  • kärvbindning
  • sädeskärve
  • vasskärve
See also

References

  1. ^ Íslensk orðsifjabók

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

kärve

  1. definite natural masculine singular of kärv

References

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