kjerring

Etymology
From, from.

Noun

 * 1) old woman
 * 2) wife
 * 3)  girl, lady
 * 4)  shrew, hag

Etymology
From, from , whence also and.

Noun

 * 1) woman
 * 2) wife
 * 3) old woman
 * 4)  an unmanly man
 * 5)  shrew, hag
 * 1)  shrew, hag

Usage notes
The meaning of shrew or hag is newer and generally unused outside urban parts of central Eastern Norway.