Dovre
English
editProper noun
editDovre
- A municipality in Innlandet, Norway, previously in Oppland.
Anagrams
editNorwegian Nynorsk
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editOriginally a farm name; from Old Norse Dofrar f pl, from the Proto-Indo-European root *dʰewbʰ- (“deep”). Cognate with Icelandic Dofrar.
Proper noun
editDovre ?
- A village and municipality of Oppland, Norway
- Ellipsis of Dovrefjell (“the mountains of Dovre”).
- Samstelte og trugne til Dovre fell
- United and loyal until (the mountains of) Dovre crumble
Derived terms
edit- Dovrefjell (“Dovre Mountains”)
- (demonym): døvre, dovring
Etymology 2
editFrom Old Norse Dofri, related to Dofrar (“Dovre”).
Proper noun
editDovre m (definite Dovren)
- (Norse mythology) name of a jotun said to have raised Harald Fairhair
Old French
editProper noun
editDovre
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- nn:Villages in Oppland
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