knarr

See also: Knarr

English

A model of a knarr (Viking ship)

A knarr (modern sailboat)

Alternative forms

• knorr (Norse merchant ship)

Etymology

From Old Norse knǫrr (“merchant ship”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɔːɹ/

Noun

knarr (plural knarrs)

1. (historical) A kind of Norse merchant ship used by the Vikings.
   • 2003, James Richard Larson, The Eye of Odin, page 341:

     Mogens and Morten followed him on the two knarrs, but behind them to the north two other ships could be sighted.

   • 2004, Janey Levy, At Sea on a Viking Ship, page 8:

     One of the other ships found in the bay was a knarr, a type of ship the Vikings used for trading and exploring. The knarr was about the same length as the small longship, but it was much wider […] Knarrs were wider because that gave them more room for livestock and objects for trade.

   • 2013, GrinOlsson, Asgard - Saga of the Midgard Serpent, page 70:

     The next morning, the ten knarrs leave the protected harbor located on the Greenlandic Southern tip and head north, by beginning their travels around the tip and up the west coast, but always within the sight of land.

2. A type of modern long-keeled sailing boat.
   • 1954 June, Motor Boating, page 100:

     This summer, one of these Knarrs is being delivered to Johannes Westergaard of New York, and another to Gerhard Lorenz of the Grosse Isle Yacht Club, Michigan.

   • 2008, Dieter Loibner, Folkboat Story: From Cult to Classic—the Renaissance of a Legend, page 39:

     The Knarr soon attracted the interest of local regatta sailors, who liked its lines and performance.
     Back in Scandinavia, the Danish Sailing Association became interested in building Knarrs.

Translations

Norse merchant ship used by the Vikings

• Danish: knarr (da) c, knor (da) c, knar c
• Faroese: knørrur m, knørur m
• French: knarr (fr) m
• German: Knorr f
• Icelandic: knörr m
• Italian: knarr m
• Norwegian: knarr m
• Old Norse: knǫrr m
• Swedish: knarr (sv) c

Further reading

• knarr on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• knarr (keelboat) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Danish

Alternative forms

• knor (dated), knar (dated)

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Norse knǫrr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkʰnɑːˀ]

Noun

knarr c (singular definite knarren, plural indefinite knarrer)

1. knorr

Declension

Declension of knarr

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	knarr	knarren	knarrer	knarrerne
genitive	knarrs	knarrens	knarrers	knarrernes

References

• “knarr” in Den Danske Ordbog

Swedish

knarr (creaking)

Etymology 1

Deverbal from knarra.

Noun

knarr n

1. creaking

Usage notes

A lower-pitched, high-frequency popping sound, like in English. Think creaky floorboards. Also often used to describe the crunchy sound of walking on cold snow.

Declension

Declension of knarr
	Uncountable
	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	knarr	knarret	—	—
Genitive	knarrs	knarrets	—	—

See also

• gnissel (“squeaking”)
• knak (“sound of wood (nearly) breaking”)

Etymology 2

Deverbal from knarra, perhaps also for ship sense, from tendency to creak.

Noun

knarr c

1. (colloquial) a motorcycle, a moped
2. a knarr (Norse merchant ship)
3. (chiefly in compounds) a bird with creaking vocalizations
4. (colloquial, rare) someone grumpy

Declension

Declension of knarr
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	knarr	knarren	knarrar	knarrarna
Genitive	knarrs	knarrens	knarrars	knarrarnas

References

• knarr in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• knarr in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• knorr in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)