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saur

See also: -saur

English

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Middle English *saur, variant of sour (“mud”), from Old Norse saurr.

Noun

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saur

  1. (UK, dialect) soil; dirt
  2. (UK, dialect) dirty water
  3. (UK, dialect) urine from a cowhouse

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “saur”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Etymology 2

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Noun

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saur (plural saurs)

  1. Alternative form of 'saur (“a dinosaur”)

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Dalmatian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Latin soror, with the variant form seraur deriving from the Latin accusative form sorōrem. Compare Romanian soră, suroră, sor, Italian suora, Old Italian suoro, French soeur, Old Spanish seror, Spanish sor, Friulian sûr, Romansch sora, sour.

Noun

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saur f

  1. sister

French

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Etymology

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From Middle French saur, from Old French sor, from Frankish *sōri, *saur (“dry”), from Proto-Germanic *sauzaz (“dry, parched”). Cognate with Old English sēar (“dry”). More at sear.

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Adjective

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saur (feminine saure, masculine plural saurs, feminine plural saures)

  1. (cooking) dried and smoked

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Gothic

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Romanization

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saur

  1. Romanization of 𐍃𐌰𐌿𐍂

Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse saurr, from Proto-Germanic *sauraz.

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Noun

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saur m (genitive singular saurs, no plural)

  1. filth, dirt
  2. feces

Declension

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declension of saur
m-s1 singular
indefinite definite
nominative saur saurinn
accusative saur saurinn
dative saur saurnum
genitive saurs saursins

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