"Lofoten" meaning in Norwegian Nynorsk

See Lofoten in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /²luːfu(ː)tən/, /²lufutən/ Forms: Lofot [indefinite]
Etymology: From Old Norse Lófótr, from *ló (“lynx”) + fótr (“foot”). Cognate with Icelandic Lófót f and Danish Lofoden (“Danicised form”). Etymology templates: {{inh|nn|non|Lófótr}} Old Norse Lófótr, {{compound|nn|*ló|fótr|t1=lynx|t2=foot}} *ló (“lynx”) + fótr (“foot”), {{cog|is|Lófót|g=f}} Icelandic Lófót f, {{cog|da|Lofoden||Danicised form}} Danish Lofoden (“Danicised form”) Head templates: {{head|nn|proper noun|indefinite|Lofot|g=m}} Lofoten m (indefinite Lofot)
  1. A chain of islands in Nordland county, Norway, which jut out into the Norwegian Sea Tags: masculine Categories (place): Places in Nordland, Norway, Places in Norway Related terms: Ofoten
    Sense id: en-Lofoten-nn-name-8I4Do8R1 Categories (other): Norwegian Nynorsk entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Islands Derived forms: lofotagn, lofotbrev, lofotbruk, lofotbrød, lofotbør, lofotbåt, lofotfarar (english: someone that goes to Lofoten to fish), lofotferd (english: journey to fish in Lofoten), lofotfiskar (english: fisherman in Lofoten), lofotfiske [fishing, hobbies, lifestyle], lofotfolk, lofotgarn, lofotgåve, lofothav, lofothest, lofothund, lofoting, lofotværing, loføting (english: someone from Lofoten), lofotjakt, lofotjolle, lofotkake, lofotkar, lofotkavring, lofotkiste, lofotklede, lofotkost, lofotkringle, lofotlefse, lofotline, lofotlut, lofotmann, lofotmølje (english: dish made of fish, liver, roe and potatoes boiled together), lofotrive, lofotrom, lofotrye (english: thick wool blanket for the fishing journey in Lofoten), Lofotrådet, lofotskolp, lofotskrot, lofotskrote, lofottid (english: time when fishing in Lofoten), lofottidend (english: news from the Lofot fishermen), lofottorsk, lofottur, lofotveggen (english: The Lofot Wall), lofotvær, Lofotøyane (english: the Lofot islands)

Inflected forms

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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nn",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "Lófótr"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse Lófótr",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nn",
        "2": "*ló",
        "3": "fótr",
        "t1": "lynx",
        "t2": "foot"
      },
      "expansion": "*ló (“lynx”) + fótr (“foot”)",
      "name": "compound"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "Lófót",
        "g": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "Icelandic Lófót f",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "Lofoden",
        "3": "",
        "4": "Danicised form"
      },
      "expansion": "Danish Lofoden (“Danicised form”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Norse Lófótr, from *ló (“lynx”) + fótr (“foot”). Cognate with Icelandic Lófót f and Danish Lofoden (“Danicised form”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Lofot",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nn",
        "2": "proper noun",
        "3": "indefinite",
        "4": "Lofot",
        "g": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "Lofoten m (indefinite Lofot)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
  "lang_code": "nn",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Norwegian Nynorsk entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
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            "Entry maintenance"
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          "source": "w"
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        {
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          "name": "Pages with 3 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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          "orig": "nn:Islands",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "nn",
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          "orig": "nn:Places in Nordland, Norway",
          "parents": [
            "Places"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "place",
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          "orig": "nn:Places in Norway",
          "parents": [
            "Places"
          ],
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        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "lofotagn"
        },
        {
          "word": "lofotbrev"
        },
        {
          "word": "lofotbruk"
        },
        {
          "word": "lofotbrød"
        },
        {
          "word": "lofotbør"
        },
        {
          "word": "lofotbåt"
        },
        {
          "english": "someone that goes to Lofoten to fish",
          "word": "lofotfarar"
        },
        {
          "english": "journey to fish in Lofoten",
          "word": "lofotferd"
        },
        {
          "english": "fisherman in Lofoten",
          "word": "lofotfiskar"
        },
        {
          "raw_tags": [
            "in Lofoten"
          ],
          "topics": [
            "fishing",
            "hobbies",
            "lifestyle"
          ],
          "word": "lofotfiske"
        },
        {
          "word": "lofotfolk"
        },
        {
          "word": "lofotgarn"
        },
        {
          "word": "lofotgåve"
        },
        {
          "word": "lofothav"
        },
        {
          "word": "lofothest"
        },
        {
          "word": "lofothund"
        },
        {
          "word": "lofoting"
        },
        {
          "word": "lofotværing"
        },
        {
          "english": "someone from Lofoten",
          "word": "loføting"
        },
        {
          "word": "lofotjakt"
        },
        {
          "word": "lofotjolle"
        },
        {
          "word": "lofotkake"
        },
        {
          "word": "lofotkar"
        },
        {
          "word": "lofotkavring"
        },
        {
          "word": "lofotkiste"
        },
        {
          "word": "lofotklede"
        },
        {
          "word": "lofotkost"
        },
        {
          "word": "lofotkringle"
        },
        {
          "word": "lofotlefse"
        },
        {
          "word": "lofotline"
        },
        {
          "word": "lofotlut"
        },
        {
          "word": "lofotmann"
        },
        {
          "english": "dish made of fish, liver, roe and potatoes boiled together",
          "word": "lofotmølje"
        },
        {
          "word": "lofotrive"
        },
        {
          "word": "lofotrom"
        },
        {
          "english": "thick wool blanket for the fishing journey in Lofoten",
          "word": "lofotrye"
        },
        {
          "word": "Lofotrådet"
        },
        {
          "word": "lofotskolp"
        },
        {
          "word": "lofotskrot"
        },
        {
          "word": "lofotskrote"
        },
        {
          "english": "time when fishing in Lofoten",
          "word": "lofottid"
        },
        {
          "english": "news from the Lofot fishermen",
          "word": "lofottidend"
        },
        {
          "word": "lofottorsk"
        },
        {
          "word": "lofottur"
        },
        {
          "english": "The Lofot Wall",
          "word": "lofotveggen"
        },
        {
          "word": "lofotvær"
        },
        {
          "english": "the Lofot islands",
          "word": "Lofotøyane"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A chain of islands in Nordland county, Norway, which jut out into the Norwegian Sea"
      ],
      "id": "en-Lofoten-nn-name-8I4Do8R1",
      "links": [
        [
          "chain",
          "chain"
        ],
        [
          "island",
          "island"
        ],
        [
          "Nordland",
          "Nordland#English"
        ],
        [
          "Norway",
          "Norway#English"
        ],
        [
          "Norwegian Sea",
          "Norwegian Sea#English"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "Ofoten"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/²luːfu(ː)tən/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/²lufutən/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Lofoten"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "lofotagn"
    },
    {
      "word": "lofotbrev"
    },
    {
      "word": "lofotbruk"
    },
    {
      "word": "lofotbrød"
    },
    {
      "word": "lofotbør"
    },
    {
      "word": "lofotbåt"
    },
    {
      "english": "someone that goes to Lofoten to fish",
      "word": "lofotfarar"
    },
    {
      "english": "journey to fish in Lofoten",
      "word": "lofotferd"
    },
    {
      "english": "fisherman in Lofoten",
      "word": "lofotfiskar"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "in Lofoten"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "fishing",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle"
      ],
      "word": "lofotfiske"
    },
    {
      "word": "lofotfolk"
    },
    {
      "word": "lofotgarn"
    },
    {
      "word": "lofotgåve"
    },
    {
      "word": "lofothav"
    },
    {
      "word": "lofothest"
    },
    {
      "word": "lofothund"
    },
    {
      "word": "lofoting"
    },
    {
      "word": "lofotværing"
    },
    {
      "english": "someone from Lofoten",
      "word": "loføting"
    },
    {
      "word": "lofotjakt"
    },
    {
      "word": "lofotjolle"
    },
    {
      "word": "lofotkake"
    },
    {
      "word": "lofotkar"
    },
    {
      "word": "lofotkavring"
    },
    {
      "word": "lofotkiste"
    },
    {
      "word": "lofotklede"
    },
    {
      "word": "lofotkost"
    },
    {
      "word": "lofotkringle"
    },
    {
      "word": "lofotlefse"
    },
    {
      "word": "lofotline"
    },
    {
      "word": "lofotlut"
    },
    {
      "word": "lofotmann"
    },
    {
      "english": "dish made of fish, liver, roe and potatoes boiled together",
      "word": "lofotmølje"
    },
    {
      "word": "lofotrive"
    },
    {
      "word": "lofotrom"
    },
    {
      "english": "thick wool blanket for the fishing journey in Lofoten",
      "word": "lofotrye"
    },
    {
      "word": "Lofotrådet"
    },
    {
      "word": "lofotskolp"
    },
    {
      "word": "lofotskrot"
    },
    {
      "word": "lofotskrote"
    },
    {
      "english": "time when fishing in Lofoten",
      "word": "lofottid"
    },
    {
      "english": "news from the Lofot fishermen",
      "word": "lofottidend"
    },
    {
      "word": "lofottorsk"
    },
    {
      "word": "lofottur"
    },
    {
      "english": "The Lofot Wall",
      "word": "lofotveggen"
    },
    {
      "word": "lofotvær"
    },
    {
      "english": "the Lofot islands",
      "word": "Lofotøyane"
    }
  ],
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      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "*ló",
        "3": "fótr",
        "t1": "lynx",
        "t2": "foot"
      },
      "expansion": "*ló (“lynx”) + fótr (“foot”)",
      "name": "compound"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "Lófót",
        "g": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "Icelandic Lófót f",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "Lofoden",
        "3": "",
        "4": "Danicised form"
      },
      "expansion": "Danish Lofoden (“Danicised form”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Norse Lófótr, from *ló (“lynx”) + fótr (“foot”). Cognate with Icelandic Lófót f and Danish Lofoden (“Danicised form”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Lofot",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nn",
        "2": "proper noun",
        "3": "indefinite",
        "4": "Lofot",
        "g": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "Lofoten m (indefinite Lofot)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
  "lang_code": "nn",
  "pos": "name",
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    {
      "word": "Ofoten"
    }
  ],
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        "Norwegian Nynorsk entries with incorrect language header",
        "Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas",
        "Norwegian Nynorsk masculine nouns",
        "Norwegian Nynorsk proper nouns",
        "Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Old Norse",
        "Norwegian Nynorsk terms inherited from Old Norse",
        "Pages with 3 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "nn:Islands",
        "nn:Places in Nordland, Norway",
        "nn:Places in Norway"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A chain of islands in Nordland county, Norway, which jut out into the Norwegian Sea"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "chain",
          "chain"
        ],
        [
          "island",
          "island"
        ],
        [
          "Nordland",
          "Nordland#English"
        ],
        [
          "Norway",
          "Norway#English"
        ],
        [
          "Norwegian Sea",
          "Norwegian Sea#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/²luːfu(ː)tən/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/²lufutən/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Lofoten"
}

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