purre

From Old English pur (“bittern”).

purre (plural purres)

1. (UK, dialect) A bird, the dunlin.

• purer

purre (imperative pur, infinitive at purre, present tense purrer, past tense purrede, perfect tense purret)

1. to poke, to stir, to rouse

• “purre” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “purre” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

purre

1. present potential connegative of purra

From Latin porrum.

purre m (definite singular purren, indefinite plural purrer, definite plural purrene)

1. Allium ampeloprasum, syn. Allium porrum, leek

• purreløk

From Low German purren (“stir”).

purre (present tense purrer, past tense purra or purret, past participle purra or purret)

1. to stir, to awaken, to alert
2. to strengthen

• “purre” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

• IPA^(key): /²pʉ rːə/

From Latin porrum.

purre m (definite singular purren, indefinite plural purrar, definite plural purrane)

1. Allium ampeloprasum, syn. Allium porrum, leek

• purrelauk, purreløk

From Low German purren (“stir”).

• purra

purre (present tense purrar, past tense purra, past participle purra, passive infinitive purrast, present participle purrande, imperative purre/purr)

1. to stir, to awaken, to alert
2. to strengthen

• “purre” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.