alvarn.

Brit.

/ˈalvɑː/, U.S.

/ˈɑlˌvɑr/

Forms: 1800s– allvar, 1800s– alvar, 1900s– alfvar (rare).

Origin: A borrowing from Swedish. Etymons: Swedish alvar, alfvar.

Etymology: < Swedish alvar, †alfvar ( Linnaeus Öländska och gothländska resa (1745) 53) < Swedish regional (Öland) alvar , alver , (Gotland) alver , alvar , alvur , related to Swedish alf , alv kind of (hard) subsoil, cognate with Danish al , in the same sense (also Old Danish aluær ), and apparently further with German regional (Bavaria) Alben kind of chalk soil, probably ultimately < the same Indo-European base as classical Latin albus white (see album n.²).

Physical Geography and Ecology.

A region of limestone pavement or plain with little or no soil and vegetation, occurring chiefly in Sweden and Estonia in Europe and in parts of the northern United States and Canada.

ΚΠ

1879 Baedeker's Norway & Sweden 361 In the centre of the island [sc. Öland] rises a bleak and arid tract of reddish limestone soil, called the Allvar, scored here and there with deep furrows, and somewhat resembling the deserts of Africa.

1922 Geografiska Annaler 4 282 On Öland and Gotland, where it has a wide distribution on the pavement of the Alvar, it is often found in a heath- or steppe-like vegetation in shallow soil.

1971 A. A. Manten Silurian Reefs Gotland i. 2 In summer the whole alvar can be completely dry.

2006 Our Canada Dec. 19/1 Manitoulin is one of the few places where one can explore an alvar, an extremely rare habitat found only around the Great Lakes and the Baltic Sea.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	alvar
释义	alvarn. Brit. /ˈalvɑː/, U.S. /ˈɑlˌvɑr/ Forms: 1800s– allvar, 1800s– alvar, 1900s– alfvar (rare). Origin: A borrowing from Swedish. Etymons: Swedish alvar, alfvar. Etymology: < Swedish alvar, †alfvar ( Linnaeus Öländska och gothländska resa (1745) 53) < Swedish regional (Öland) alvar , alver , (Gotland) alver , alvar , alvur , related to Swedish alf , alv kind of (hard) subsoil, cognate with Danish al , in the same sense (also Old Danish aluær ), and apparently further with German regional (Bavaria) Alben kind of chalk soil, probably ultimately < the same Indo-European base as classical Latin albus white (see album n.²). Physical Geography and Ecology. A region of limestone pavement or plain with little or no soil and vegetation, occurring chiefly in Sweden and Estonia in Europe and in parts of the northern United States and Canada. ΚΠ 1879 Baedeker's Norway & Sweden 361 In the centre of the island [sc. Öland] rises a bleak and arid tract of reddish limestone soil, called the Allvar, scored here and there with deep furrows, and somewhat resembling the deserts of Africa. 1922 Geografiska Annaler 4 282 On Öland and Gotland, where it has a wide distribution on the pavement of the Alvar, it is often found in a heath- or steppe-like vegetation in shallow soil. 1971 A. A. Manten Silurian Reefs Gotland i. 2 In summer the whole alvar can be completely dry. 2006 Our Canada Dec. 19/1 Manitoulin is one of the few places where one can explore an alvar, an extremely rare habitat found only around the Great Lakes and the Baltic Sea. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1879
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