See oldefar on Wiktionary
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},
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"english": "no dwarf grows to a man's height, though he has a Goliath for a great-grandfather",
"ref": "1885, Henrik Ibsen, Brand, page 108:",
"text": "ej dverg blir mandshøj, skønt han har en Goliath til oldefaer",
"translation": "no dwarf grows to a man's height, though he has a Goliath for a great-grandfather",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "my great-grandfather must have been a cruel, heartless, and avaricious person",
"ref": "1908, Kristian F. Biller, “Dødningeuhret”, in Lys og Skygge, number 6/7:",
"text": "min oldefader maa ha været en grusom, hjerteløs og vindesyg person",
"translation": "my great-grandfather must have been a cruel, heartless, and avaricious person",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "your great-grandfather was my great-grandfather too",
"ref": "1969, Berit Brænne, Tørris gror til, page 39:",
"text": "oldefaren din var oldefar til meg også",
"translation": "your great-grandfather was my great-grandfather too",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "then during the summer holidays we could travel by train to our great-grandmother and great-grandfather in Kragerø",
"ref": "1997, Arild Linneberg, Far og barn i moderlandet, page 33:",
"text": "så kunne vi reise med toget om sommeren i ferien til oldemor og oldefar i Kragerø",
"translation": "then during the summer holidays we could travel by train to our great-grandmother and great-grandfather in Kragerø",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "those wolves were shot by Giæver, your great-grandfather, in eighteen eighty-two",
"ref": "2022, Erlend Loe, Giæver og Iunker, page 17:",
"text": "de ulvene skjøt Giæver, oldefar din, i attentoogåtti",
"translation": "those wolves were shot by Giæver, your great-grandfather, in eighteen eighty-two",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"great-grandfather; the father of one's grandparent"
],
"links": [
[
"great-grandfather",
"great-grandfather"
],
[
"father",
"father"
],
[
"grandparent",
"grandparent"
]
],
"tags": [
"masculine"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈɔl.dəˌfɑːr/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɑːr"
}
],
"word": "oldefar"
}
{
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "nn",
"2": "gml",
"3": "oldevader"
},
"expansion": "Middle Low German oldevader",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nn",
"2": "olde-",
"3": "far"
},
"expansion": "olde- + far",
"name": "af"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle Low German oldevader or oldervader meaning \"father of the parents\". Equivalent to olde- + far.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "oldefaren",
"tags": [
"definite",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "oldefedrar",
"tags": [
"indefinite",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "oldefedrane",
"tags": [
"definite",
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "",
"2": "oldefedr"
},
"expansion": "oldefar m (definite singular oldefaren, indefinite plural oldefedrar, definite plural oldefedrane)",
"name": "nn-noun-m1"
}
],
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"lang_code": "nn",
"pos": "noun",
"related": [
{
"word": "oldebarn"
},
{
"word": "oldeforeldre"
},
{
"word": "oldemor"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Norwegian Nynorsk entries with incorrect language header",
"Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas",
"Norwegian Nynorsk masculine nouns",
"Norwegian Nynorsk nouns",
"Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Middle Low German",
"Norwegian Nynorsk terms prefixed with olde-",
"Pages with 3 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"nn:Family",
"nn:Family members",
"nn:Male family members"
],
"glosses": [
"great-grandfather"
],
"links": [
[
"great-grandfather",
"great-grandfather"
]
],
"tags": [
"masculine"
]
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"tags": [
"rare"
],
"word": "langgodfar"
}
],
"word": "oldefar"
}
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