urt

From Old Norse urt, from Proto-Germanic *wurtiz, cognate with Norwegian urt, Swedish ört, English wort. A variant of *wrōts (“root”) (Danish rod).

• IPA^(key): /urt/, [ˈuɐ̯d̥]

urt c (singular definite urten, plural indefinite urter)

1. herb

• “urt” in Den Danske Ordbog

From Old Norse urt, oblique case form of Proto-Germanic *wrōts, from Proto-Indo-European *wrd- (“root”). Compare with Icelandic jurt, Norwegian Bokmål urt, Norwegian Nynorsk urt, Danish urt, Swedish ört, English wort and Latin rādīx (“root”). Also cognate with Icelandic rót, Old English rōt (whence Middle English root (“the underground part of a plant”) came, whence English root came).

• IPA^(key): /ʊɻ̊ʈ/

urt f (genitive singular urtar, plural urtir)

1. wort, herb, haulm

urt f (genitive singular urtar, uncountable)

1. wort, first brew of malt, when making beer

urt f (genitive singular urtar, plural urtir)

1. egg deposition, the eggs, a bird lays

• urpt

• IPA^(key): /ʏr̥t/
• Rhymes: -ʏr̥t

urt f (genitive singular urtar, nominative plural urtir)

1. (archaic) Alternative form of jurt

From Danish urt, from Old Norse urt, from Proto-Germanic *wurtiz, cognate with Swedish ört, English wort. A variant of *wrōts (“root”) (Norwegian Bokmål rot).

The form urta is from oral Norwegian (see Norwegian Nynorsk urta).

urt f or m (definite singular urta or urten, indefinite plural urter, definite plural urtene)

1. a herb

• johannesurt
• malurt
• seiersurt
• urtemedisin
• urtete

• “urt” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Old Norse urt.

urt f (definite singular urta, indefinite plural urter, definite plural urtene)

1. a herb

• bulmeurt
• johannesurt
• malurt
• urtemedisin
• urtete

• “urt” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.