"løyeleg" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [Norwegian Nynorsk]

Etymology: From Old Norse hlœgiligr, whence also Swedish löjlig, Danish løjerlig/løjlig and Icelandic hlægilegur, derived from Proto-Germanic *hlōgijaną. By surface analysis, løyen + -leg. Attested by Jacob Nicolai Wilse in 1780 in his Spydeberg dialect dictionary, spelled as løllig (later confirmed by Ivar Aasen giving form lølli for the same dialect area). Etymology templates: {{inh|nn|non|hlœgiligr}} Old Norse hlœgiligr, {{cog|is|hlægilegur}} Icelandic hlægilegur, {{der|nn|gem-pro|*hlōgijaną}} Proto-Germanic *hlōgijaną, {{surf|nn|løyen|-leg}} By surface analysis, løyen + -leg Head templates: {{nn-adj-2}} løyeleg (indefinite singular løyeleg, definite singular and plural løyelege, comparative løyelegare, indefinite superlative løyelegast, definite superlative løyelegaste) Forms: løyeleg [indefinite, singular], løyelege [definite, plural, singular], løyelegare [comparative], løyelegast [indefinite, superlative], løyelegaste [definite, superlative], løgleg [alternative], løyleg [alternative], løgjuleg [alternative, Telemark], løgjeleg [alternative, Telemark], løllig [alternative], løggle [alternative], løggleg [alternative]
  1. funny
    Sense id: en-løyeleg-nn-adj-si0dj-V1
  2. ridiculous
    Sense id: en-løyeleg-nn-adj-pMyoRjtt
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 0 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 0

Alternative forms

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