dd

(Internet slang, text messaging) Initialism of du då? (“and you? what about you?”).


gratulerer med dagen

Literally, “congratulations with the day”.

lit

Norwegian national day
w:Norwegian Constitution Day

also said on other occasions, such as Norwegian national day or New Year's Eve


på fersken

Tjuven vart teken på fersken

Ingen fekk til å ta han på fersken når han køyrde i fylla

Nobody was able to catch him in the act of drunk-driving

red-handed, in the act of committing a misdeed


tusen takk

many thanks (thank you (in a very polite way)). Literally a thousand (“tusen”) thanks (“takk”).


dra til helvete

Similar to Swedish dra åt helvete, Danish gå ad helvede til and English.


e.l.

Abbreviation of eller liknande (“or similar; or the like”).


d.e.

Abbreviation of den eldre: senior, the elder


la tvilen kome tiltalte til gode

From legal parlance in connection with criminal proceedings: la (“let”) tvilen (“the doubt”) kome (“come”) tiltalte (“the defendant”) til gode (“(to the) benefit (of)”).

benefit of the doubt
benefit of the doubt

(law) give the defendent the benefit of the doubt

(figuratively) give someone the benefit of the doubt


i lige måde

Takk, i lige måde, ha det!


f.Kr.

BC (years before the birth of Christ); abbreviation of før Kristus, før Kristi fødsel.


osv.

og så vidare
og så vidare#Norwegian_Nynorsk

and so on; Abbreviation of og så vidare (“and so on”).


trur du på Gud

The verb tru is placed at the beginning of the phrase to form a question sentence structure. Compare Danish, Norwegian Bokmål and Swedish tror du på Gud.

do you believe in God
do you believe in God


osb.

og so bortetter
og so bortetter#Norwegian_Nynorsk

and so on; Abbreviation of og so bortetter.


det er gresk for meg

it's all Greek to me
it's all Greek to me


på lur

Der laag attum Svolder Øy paa Lur, […].

There was lying in wait, behind the isle of Svolder, […] .

in wait, waiting to strike or ambush someone

Etter middagen har eg noko på lur som eg trur du vil lika.

After dinner, I have something up my sleeve that I think you will like.


gå til sengs med fienden

sleep with the enemy
sleep with the enemy


i siste liten

From the definite singular of lit (from Old Norse lítr), which is only used in this phrase.


o.l.

og liknande
og liknande#Norwegian_Nynorsk


kaste perler for svin

cast pearls before swine
cast pearls before swine


sa brura

that's what she said
that's what she said


vld

var liksom det
var liksom det#Norwegian_Nynorsk

(Internet slang, text messaging) Initialism of var liksom det.


ikkje berre-berre

ikkje berre berre
ikkje berre berre#Norwegian_Nynorsk

alternative spelling of ikkje berre berre


ikkje berre berre

Det er ikkje berre berre å flytte til eit anna land

It's not easy to move to another country.

(colloquial, predicative) difficult, arduous, hard, not easy


skitfiske

From skit + fiske. Literally, “shitty fishing”. Said to wish opposite luck on the performer so as not to jinx the statement (similar to Russian ни хвоста ни чешуи (ni xvosta ni češui)).

good luck, break a leg (especially before fishing)


da han Adam gjætt i Skarrali’n

Literally, “when Adam was a shepherd on the hillside by Skarå Creek”. Gjætt is apocope of gjette, past of gjeta. Skarålia is a hillside at the creek’s lower part, but it is also name of a farm at this hillside, here used with dialectal case ending with preposition referring to the hillside (not the farm).

lit

when Adam was an oakum boy
when Adam was an oakum boy

(Trøndelag dialect, dialectal spelling) long time ago, "when Adam was an oakum boy"


hoill brillan

From a Norwegian comic book hero Hold Brillan. Literally, “Hold the eyeglasses”
Suggesting that the speaker is having on eyeglasses, and needs someone else to hold it in order to engage in a fight.

(dialectal, Trøndelag dialect) hold my beer


gledeleg jol

gledeleg jul
gledeleg jul#Norwegian_Nynorsk


gledeleg jul

Similar to Danish glædelig jul and Faroese gleðilig jól


og liknande

Similar to Swedish och liknande and Danish og lignende


skitjakt

From skit + jakt. Literally, “shitty hunt”. Said to wish opposite luck on the performer so as not to jinx the statement (similar to Russian ни пуха ни пера (ni puxa ni pera)).

good luck, break a leg (especially before hunt on animals)


det spelar inga rolle

Literally, “it plays no role”. Compare Swedish det spelar ingen roll and Norwegian Bokmål det spiller ingen rolle. Also similar to Russian это не играет никакой роли (eto ne igrajet nikakoj roli).

cog

это не играет никакой роли


enike penike

Also attested as "dennika fænnike drexa bomsa bukke so tirra" by Fylling in Sunnmøre (also quoted by A.Chr. Bang). This variation is considered as a distorted Latin Credo. In this case, the dennika fænnike-part means "Deum patrem et Filium unicum".
Related to Russian эники беники (eniki beniki).

эники беники

eeny, meeny, miny, moe
eeny, meeny, miny, moe


bob-bob

Probably from a Christmas TV-show called The Julekalender.

Det er litt sånn bob-bob eigentleg

It is actually not so good, but not so bad

(colloquial) more or less OK; not so good, but not so bad


var dokk

(folklore) a phrase said to the legendary subterranean people, when something which may harm them (e.g. a stone or boiling water), is going to be thrown on the ground


gå og legg deg

/ɡoː ɔ leɡː deːɡ/

(used as a command to dogs) go away and lay you down!


ikkje godt å vita

Literally, “not good to know”. Compare Swedish inte gott att veta, Norwegian Bokmål ikke godt å vite and Danish ikke godt at vide.


er klokka mange

Compare Norwegian Bokmål hvor mange er klokken and Russenorsk mangeli Klokka.


kor mykje er klokka

Compare Russenorsk nogli klok and Swedish hur mycket är klockan.


kva er klokka

Literally, “what is the watch?”. Compare Norwegian Bokmål hva er klokken, Danish hvad er klokken, Icelandic hvað er klukkan, Swedish vad är klockan, Faroese hvat er klokkan.


ka så li

Literally, “what is elapsing”. The normalized Nynorsk spelling would be kva som lid. Compare to Jamtish va tar e på li.

kva lid det
kva lid det#Norwegian_Nynorsk

(dialectal, Trøndelag dialect, Nordmøre) Alternative form of kva lid det (“what time is it?”)


kva lid det

Kva lid det? — Det lid langt på dag

What time is it? — It is late in the day

Kva lid det? — Det lid mot midnatt


kunna meir enn sitt Fadervår

Literally, “to know more than her/his paternoster”. The word sitt may be skipped or replaced by other pronoun.


itj saintj

(dialectal, Trøndelag dialect) Alternative form of ikkje sant


ikkje sant

Compare Norwegian Bokmål ikke sant, Danish ikke sandt, Swedish inte sant. Same construction as Russian не правда ли? (ne pravda li?).

m+

не правда ли?

Det skjedde her, ikkje sant?

(used as a tag question) right?, isn't it so?


ver so snill

Literally, “be so kind”. Compare Norwegian Bokmål vær så snill, and also Swedish snälla.


vandra hedan

Compare Norwegian Bokmål vandre heden. Literally, “travel herefrom”, but this original sense is not clear to all speakers.