"hossen" meaning in Norwegian Bokmål

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Adverb

Forms: åssen [alternative]
Etymology: From Old Norse hosso, hvorsu, from Old Norse hversu. Akin to Faroese hvussu (“how”). Etymology templates: {{inh|nb|non|hosso}} Old Norse hosso, {{inh|nb|non|hversu}} Old Norse hversu, {{cog|fo|hvussu||how}} Faroese hvussu (“how”) Head templates: {{head|nb|adverb}} hossen
  1. form removed with the spelling reform of 1959; superseded by hvordan how (dialectal)
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      "args": {
        "1": "nb",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "hosso"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse hosso",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nb",
        "2": "non",
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      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse hversu",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "hvussu",
        "3": "",
        "4": "how"
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      "name": "cog"
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  ],
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "åssen",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
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      "args": {
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      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
  "lang_code": "nb",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Norwegian Bokmål entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 3 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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          "parents": [],
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        }
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              4,
              7
            ]
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              4,
              10
            ]
          ],
          "english": "But how goes it with your dobbin, Paul?",
          "ref": "1853, Henrik Wergeland, Samlede Skrifter VIII:",
          "text": "Men hossen gaaer det nu med Gampa jers, Paal?",
          "type": "quote"
        }
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        "form removed with the spelling reform of 1959; superseded by hvordan how (dialectal)"
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      "args": {
        "1": "nb",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "hosso"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse hosso",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nb",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "hversu"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse hversu",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fo",
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        "3": "",
        "4": "how"
      },
      "expansion": "Faroese hvussu (“how”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Norse hosso, hvorsu, from Old Norse hversu. Akin to Faroese hvussu (“how”).",
  "forms": [
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        "alternative"
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    }
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        "1": "nb",
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      },
      "expansion": "hossen",
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  "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
  "lang_code": "nb",
  "pos": "adv",
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        "Norwegian Bokmål entries with incorrect language header",
        "Norwegian Bokmål lemmas",
        "Norwegian Bokmål pre-1959 forms",
        "Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Old Norse",
        "Norwegian Bokmål terms inherited from Old Norse",
        "Norwegian Bokmål terms with quotations",
        "Pages with 3 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
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          "english": "But how goes it with your dobbin, Paul?",
          "ref": "1853, Henrik Wergeland, Samlede Skrifter VIII:",
          "text": "Men hossen gaaer det nu med Gampa jers, Paal?",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "form removed with the spelling reform of 1959; superseded by hvordan how (dialectal)"
      ],
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          "hvordan",
          "hvordan#Norwegian_Bokmål"
        ],
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          "how"
        ]
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