tauver

See also: Täuver

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

  • tøvr (Sogn)
  • tåvver (Tinn)
  • tåvr (Sunnmøre)

Etymology

From Old Norse taufr.

Noun

tauver n (definite singular tauveret, uncountable)

  1. (veterinary medicine) a kind of livestock disease, when the animal can not swallow food

References

  • “tauver” in Ivar Aasen (1873) Norsk Ordbog med dansk Forklaring
  • Olav Klonteig (2000), Fjellbygder i attersyn (in Norwegian Nynorsk), page 218
  • Olav Klonteig (1999), Arven frå det mytiske (in Norwegian Nynorsk), page 52
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