kjerring

From Old Norse kerling, from karl.

• IPA^(key): /çærɪŋ/
• Rhymes: -ɪŋ

kjerring f or m (definite singular kjerringa or kjerringen, indefinite plural kjerringer, definite plural kjerringene)

1. old woman
2. wife
3. (slang) girl, lady
4. (slang) shrew, hag

• kjerringråd
• kjerringsnakk
• trollkjerring

• “kjerring” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Old Norse kerling, from karl, whence also kar and kall (karl).

• IPA^(key): [²çɛ̝r.rɪŋ], [²çær.rɪŋ], [²c͡çɛ̝r.rɪŋɡ], [²c͡çær.rɪŋɡ]
• Rhymes: -ɪŋ, -ɪŋɡ
• Hyphenation: kjer‧ring

kjerring f (definite singular kjerringa, indefinite plural kjerringar, definite plural kjerringane)

1. woman

   kjerringa med staven ― the woman with the staff

2. wife
3. old woman
4. (derogatory) an unmanly man
5. (derogatory, chiefly urban Eastern Norwegian) shrew, hag

The meaning of shrew or hag is newer and generally unused outside urban parts of central Eastern Norway.

• (woman): kvinne, kjelle, kone, dros, kvende, kvinnfolk, seggje, snot
• (wife): kone, frue, husfrøye

• “kjerring” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.