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darr

darr

English

Noun

darr ‎(plural darrs)

  1. (Britain, dialect, Norfolk) A bird, the European black tern.

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *darōþuz ‎(“light spear, javelin, dart”).

Noun

darr n

  1. spear, dart

Descendants

References

  • darr in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Etymology

Possibly from dorrhawk ‎(“the nightjar”), from its similar diet and appearance in flight.

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