kversill

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

  • Kversyll (Ivar Aasen)
  • kverksvull m
  • kverrsyll m
dialectal forms
  • kverselle (Gausdal, sometimes neuter gender)
  • kverrsydd (Setesdal)
  • kverrsvidl (Voss, Sogn)
  • kværsylle (Nord-Gudbrandsdalen, Møre, Tinn)
  • kværksvill (Hjartdal)
  • korsvilla (Lærdal, definite form)
  • kverrsville
  • kværsøll
  • kverrsill
old Danicized forms
  • Qværsild (Jacob Nicolai Wilse, 1780)
  • Qværsvild (Hans Jacob Wille, 1786)
  • Kversil (Urskog Black Book, 1815)
  • Qversill (1830)
  • Kværsild

Etymology

Inherited from Old Norse kverkasullr m (“throat cyste”).

Noun

kversill f (definite singular kversilla, uncountable)

  1. (veterinary medicine, Eastern Norway) strangles, Coryza contagiosa equorum
    Synonyms: kverksott, kverke, svall
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