Vormstad

From Old Norse, related to the river (Vorma). By surface analysis, Vorma + stad.

A village in Orkland, Trøndelag, Norway, between Fannrem and Svorkmo. Administrative center of the old Orkland municipality (which existed until 1963), now part of the new Orkland municipality (created in 2020).


Vorma

(both rivers): Inherited from Old Norse [Term?], from varmr and á, meaning Warm River (because they are sometimes free from ice during early and late winter).

A river in Trøndelag, Norway, running from Hostovatn into Orkla. The village of Vormstad is located on its mouth.


Ringavatn

A lake in Trøndelag, Norway. Lakså and Bjørå are running into it from the south. Villages Groegga, Ringen and Laksøyan are located on its coast, as well as Blakkstad farm. The lake is connected with Hostovatn through the Vaulen Sound.


Lakså

From laks + å. Literally, “Salmon creek”. False cognate of Swedish Laxå in Närke.

A river in Hitra, Trøndelag, Norway (on the southern coast of Hitra).

A river in Orkland, Trøndelag, Norway, close to Drogsetgruva (formerly in Meldal municipality), running into Ringavatn Lake by the village of Laksøyan.

A river in Vinje, Telemark, Norway, close to Laksanutane mountains, running from Laksatjønni Lake into Møsvatn.

Synonym of Lakselv (name of some creeks and rivers in Norway).

Lakselv

A village in Evenes, Nordland, Norway, close to Narvik and the border of Troms.


ostehøvel

ostehøvelen (definite singular)
ostehøvlar (indefinite plural)
ostehøvlane (definite plural)


høggravid

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høggravid (neuter singular høggravid, definite singular and plural høggravide)

høggravid (neuter singular)
høggravide (definite plural singular)

From høg + gravid. Cf. Swedish höggravid, Danish højgravid and Norwegian Bokmål høygravid.

pregnant at a late stage, just before giving birth


Golanhøgdene

From Golan + høgde. The first part is from Hebrew גּוֹלָן.

bor

Hebrew גּוֹלָן


kjøleskåp

kjøleskåpet (definite singular)
kjøleskåp (indefinite plural)
kjøleskåpa (definite plural)


glæfs i sæ

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glæfs i sæ (second person glæfs i dæ, present tense glæfse i sæ, past tense glæfsa i sæ)

glæfs i dæ (second-person)
glæfse i sæ (present)
glæfsa i sæ (past)

glefsa i seg
glefsa i seg#Norwegian_Nynorsk

(dialectal, Trøndelag dialect) alternative form of glefsa i seg


båggå

(dialectal, Trøndelag dialect) alternative form of boge (“bow, arch, fiddlestick”)


glefse ti seg

glefse ti seg (present glefsar ti seg or glefser ti seg, present second person glefsar ti deg or glefser ti deg, past glefsa ti seg, past second person glefsa ti deg)

glefsar ti seg (present)
glefser ti seg (present)
glefsar ti deg (present second-person)
glefser ti deg (present second-person)
glefsa ti seg (past)
glefsa ti deg (past second-person)

(non-standard spelling, mostly Eastern Norway) alternative form of glefsa i seg

non-standard spelling; mostly Eastern Norway; non-standard spelling; mostly Eastern Norway


glefsa i seg

glefsa i seg (present glefsar i seg or glefser i seg, present second person glefsar i deg or glefser i deg, past glefsa i seg, past second person glefsa i deg)

glefsar i seg (present)
glefser i seg (present)
glefsar i deg (present second-person)
glefser i deg (present second-person)
glefsa i seg (past)
glefsa i deg (past second-person)

Kva har du glefsa i deg no då?

Et roleg, må ikkje glefsa i dokker heile plata!

Eat slowly, ya’ll must not gobble the whole plate!

to guzzle, to gobble (often about dogs or children)


ålbåggå

(dialectal, Trøndelag dialect) alternative form of olboge


håkkåkul

håkkåkul m (definite singular håkkåkuln or håkkåkulen, definite singular dative håkkåkula, indefinite plural håkkåkula, definite plural håkkåkulan, definite plural dative håkkåkulom)

håkkåkuln (definite singular)
håkkåkulen (definite singular)
håkkåkula (dative definite singular)
håkkåkula (indefinite plural)
håkkåkulan (definite plural)
håkkåkulom (dative definite plural)

(dialectal, Trøndelag dialect) Alternative form of oklekul


hainnbåggå

Literally, “hand bow”. From hainnj + båggå, corresponding to standard Norwegian Nynorsk hand + boge, but the form handboge is not used in this sense.


hainnbåggå

Literally, “hand bow”. From hainnj + båggå, corresponding to standard Norwegian Nynorsk hand + boge. Compare Dutch handboog.

(Trøndelag dialect) Alternative form of handboge (“hand bow”)


Herjan

Semi-learned borrowing from Old Norse Herjann, from Proto-Germanic *harjanaz.


Lefoder

Semi-learned borrowing from Old Norse Hléfǫðr.


Nikud

Semi-learned borrowing from Old Norse Hnikuðr, from hnika. Compare Hnikarr.


Svidud

Semi-learned borrowing from Old Norse Sviðuðr; compare Sviðurr and Sviðrir.


Gvarv

From Old Norse hvarf (“a turn”) (because of the river is changing its direction several times there). The evolution of hv- into gv- is a feature of dialects of North-Eastern Telemark, Numedal and Sigdal.

A village in Midt-Telemark, Telemark, Norway, close to Bø


runebomme

runebomma (definite singular)
runebommer (indefinite plural)
runebommene (definite plural)

From rune (“rune, magic symbol”) + bomme (“drum, lunchbox”). Alternatively, not from noun, but the verb runa (“to conjure”).

compound

Sami drum (used for magic and fortune-telling, especially by shamans)


oklekul

oklekulen (definite singular)
oklekular (indefinite plural)
oklekulane (definite plural)


bainn

(dialectal, Trøndelag dialect) Alternative form of banna (“to curse, to swear”)


bainn

bainnet (definite singular)
bainn (indefinite plural)
bainna (definite plural)

De va en gang de kåmm en mainn
med en hainnhoinn i et bainn i eine hainna,
å i ainnerhainna hoill ’n i nå
såm klonka litegrainn,
å såm vesstnåk va et spainn
som hainn ha vårri nerri fjæresainn å foinni.

1975, Birger Jørstad (lyrics and music), “w:nn:Hainnhoinn i bainn (a song made for illustration of Norwegian dialectal palatalization)”:

Once, there came a man
having in his one hand a male dog wearing a collar,
and in his other hand he held something
what clucked a little bit,
and apparently was a bucket
which he has found (when looking) in the beach sand.

(dialectal, Trøndelag dialect) Alternative form of band (“ribbon, fetter, collar”)


plyndring

plyndringa (definite singular)
plyndringar (indefinite plural)
plyndringane (definite plural)

From plyndre + -ing. Cognate with English plundering.

Clipping of gravplyndring (“graverobbery”).


plyndringsgrop

plyndringsgropa (definite singular)
plyndringsgroper (indefinite plural)
plyndringsgropene (definite plural)

(archaeology) A depression ontop of a tumulus made by digging activity of graverobbers


det finnast

Det finst ikkje mat i huset

(impersonal) there be (there is, there are, etc.)


i vegen

Literally, “in the way”. Compare Danish i vejen, Norwegian Bokmål i veien and, less common in use, Swedish i vägen.

Noko er i vegen med bilen hans

Dåleg svevn stod i vegen for planane mine

in the way, hindering, making difficulties


litlefinger

litlefingeren (definite singular)
litlefingrar (indefinite plural)
litlefingrane (definite plural)

From litle + finger. Compare Swedish lillfinger and Danish lillefinger (Bokmål also).


altsaksofon

altsaksofonen (definite singular)
altsaksofonar (indefinite plural)
altsaksofonane (definite plural)

From alt (“alto”) + saksofon (“saxophone”).

(music) alto saxophone (saxophone smaller than tenor)


snillisme

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snillisme m (definite singular snillismen, singulare tantum)

(politics) too kind economical politics (in business or by a welfare state government)


ver so snill

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


lutherdom

lutherdomen (definite singular)
lutherdommen (definite singular)
lutherdomar (indefinite plural)
lutherdommar (indefinite plural)
lutherdomane (definite plural)
lutherdommane (definite plural)


stota

stotar (present)
stota (past)
stota (participle past)
stotast (infinitive passive)
stotande (participle present)
stota (imperative)
stot (imperative)


frumsekalv

frumsekalven (definite singular)
frumsekalvar (indefinite plural)
frumsekalvane (definite plural)


stavra

stavrar (present)
stavra (past)
stavra (participle past)
stavrast (infinitive passive)
stavrande (participle present)
stavra (imperative)
stavr (imperative)

Borrowed from Danish stavre, from earlier Danish stagre, from Old Norse stakra. Doublet of stakra.


ståtar

ståtaren (definite singular)
ståtarar (indefinite plural)
ståtarane (definite plural)

Compare Danish stodder and Swedish ståtare. From stòta (“to studder, to waggle”) (cf. Swedish ståta (“to push, to studder”)). But according to the Danish Dictionary, all the Scandinavian cognates are from Old Norse stakra (“to waggle, stagger”).


stòta

stòtar (present)
stòta (past)
stòta (participle past)
stòtast (infinitive passive)
stòtande (participle present)
stòta (imperative)
stòt (imperative)

Compare Swedish ståta, Dutch stotteren and English stutter.


stakra

stakrar (present)
stakra (past)
stakra (participle past)
stakrast (infinitive passive)
stakrande (participle present)
stakra (imperative)
stakr (imperative)

Inherited from Old Norse stakra. Doublet of stavra.


børja

børjar (present)
børja (past)
børja (participle past)
børjast (infinitive passive)
børjande (participle present)
børja (imperative)
børj (imperative)

(dialectal, nonstandard) alternative form of byrja (“to begin”)


flåkkå

flåkkå (present flake or flåkkå, past flaka)

flake (present)
flåkkå (present)
flaka (past)

(dialectal, Trøndelag dialect) Alternative form of flaka (“to set planks or timber together”)

(dialectal, Trøndelag dialect) Alternative form of flaka (“to make duckboard path”)


flåkkå

(dialectal, Trøndelag dialect) Alternative form of flaka (“to peel off flakes”)


flåkkå

flåkkå m (definite flåkkån, plural flåkkåa, definite plural flåkkåan)

flåkkån (definite)
flåkkåa (plural)
flåkkåan (definite plural)

Roughly the same as standard Nynorsk flake (“duckboard segment or a pallet”) or dialectal flakje (“pallet-like part of barn floor or duckboard”). Related to the verb. Compare also dialectal flaka (“raft”). Compare also Telemark dialect flak (“shelf”).

(dialectal, Trøndelag dialect, including south-west) A base on the bottom of a tar kiln, e.g. made of a pallet

(dialectal, south-western Trøndelag) A duckboard or a corduroy path in a bog

A part of such path, e.g. made of a pallet, alternative form of flake

(dialectal, Trøndelag dialect) Wooden floor in a cow stall box in a cowbarn


samlege

samlega (definite singular)
samleger (indefinite plural)
samlegene (definite plural)


sitkagran

sitkagrana (definite singular)
sitkagraner (indefinite plural)
sitkagranene (definite plural)


leikvoll

leikvollen (definite singular)
leikvollar (indefinite plural)
leikvollane (definite plural)

→ Danish: Legevold, Leegevold (archaic Danicized Norwegian)

From leik + voll. Compare Icelandic leikvöllur.

Dæ va Kongjens Smaadrengjir, dei vankar saa vie ikring,
dei gjænge sæg ut paa Leikarvollo aa leika der i ein Ring.
Sigur gjænge paa Leikarvollin; dei Hofmænnan tok enn te Hote.

18xx, M.B. Landstad, Olaf Olafssøn Glosimodt, the ballade about Sigurd Svein and the Wild Hunt:

There were the servant boys of the king, they, who stroll everywhere around,
they went out to the playing field to play there in a ring.
Siegfried walked on the playing field; the courtiers threatened him.


løyeleg

løyeleg (indefinite singular)
løyelege (definite plural singular)
løyelegare (comparative)
løyelegast (indefinite superlative)
løyelegaste (definite superlative)

From løyen + -leg. Attested by Jacob Nicolai Wilse in 1780 in his Spydeberg dialect dictionary (spelled as løllig).


aumleg

aumleg (indefinite singular)
aumlege (definite plural singular)
aumlegare (comparative)
aumlegast (indefinite superlative)
aumlegaste (definite superlative)


saksevatn

saksevatnet (definite singular)
saksevatn (indefinite plural)
saksevatna (definite plural)

From Old Norse sax (“sword”) and vatn. Attested since 1780.

brown or oily blue water in bog, lake or creek, containing a lot of iron


skrøpeleg

skrøpeleg (indefinite singular)
skrøpelege (definite plural singular)
skrøpelegare (comparative)
skrøpelegast (indefinite superlative)
skrøpelegaste (definite superlative)

Compare Swedish skröplig, Danish skrøbelig, Norwegian Bokmål skrøpelig.


rettleia

rettleia (present tense rettleiar or rettleier, past tense rettleia or rettleidde, past participle rettleia or rettleidd)

rettleiar (present)
rettleier (present)
rettleia (past)
rettleidde (past)
rettleia (participle past)
rettleidd (participle past)


skrømt

skrømtet (definite singular)
skrømt (indefinite plural)
skrømta (definite plural)

Attested at least since 1780. Probably related to skremma.


kornmo

kornmoen (definite singular)
kornmoar (indefinite plural)
kornmoane (definite plural)

From earlier kornmod, from korn and modne (in old folk belief, grain became more ripen because of this phenomenon). In Norwegian context, first mentioned by Jacob Nicolai Wilse in 1780. Similar to Danish kornmod.

heat lightning (a lighting without thunder)


me sjåast

Literally, “we will be seeing (eachother)”. From newer speech, probably a calque from Norwegian Bokmål vi ses. The form sjåast (instead of expected sest) is not same as passive sjåast, but is derived from the infinitive form of the verb sjå, while the traditional way derives it from present (ser).

lit

(nonstandard) Alternative form of vi sest


pæsj

(dialectal, south-western Trøndelag) alternative form of pølse


melrakke

melrakken (definite singular)
melrakkar (indefinite plural)
melrakkane (definite plural)

→ Danish: Merakke (18-19th centuries)

Inherited from Old Norse melrakki. Compare Icelandic melrakki. First attested by Hans Jacob Wille in 1786.


kversill

Inherited from Old Norse kverkasullr m (“throat cyste”).


rampestrek

rampestreken (definite singular)
rampestrekar (indefinite plural)
rampestrekane (definite plural)
rampestreket (definite singular)
rampestrek (indefinite plural)
rampestreka (definite plural)

From ramp + strek. Literally, “hooligans’ mischief”.


dæffer

(Trøndelag dialect) Alternative form of derfor


vandra hedan

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


hamsterbleie

hamsterbleia (definite singular)
hamsterbleier (indefinite plural)
hamsterbleiene (definite plural)

Literally, “hamster diaper”. From hamster + bleie. Derogatory use is not necessary because of dislike of snuffing as a whole, but as the opposite of snuff in powder form, which is considered by some people better than the portioned snuff. Compare Swedish blöja (“baby diaper; lip snuff portion”)

cog

(colloquial, derogatory) lip snuff tobacco in small portion bags


Gullnes

An abandoned mine in Seljord, Telemark, Norway


Hommelvik

From Old Norse Ímulvík. By surface analysis, Homla + vik, where Homla (Old Norse *Ímla) is name of the river, upon which the town is located, from the root *Ímull of unknown origin and meaning. The modern name may be understood as derived from humle + vik (Hop Bay or Bumblebee Bay) but it is historically wrong.


Kattugla

From kattugle.
(place in Orkland): Called after an animal whisperer woman with nickname Kattugla, who secretly lived there in the 19th century.

A forest area in Orkland, Trøndelag, Norway, at the Kattuglfjellet mountain north of Fjellkjøsvatn Lake

A meadow in Rana, Nordland, in Eiterå village


kattugle

kattugla (definite singular)
kattugler (indefinite plural)
kattuglene (definite plural)


brånnå

Related to brainn (standard Nynorsk spelling: brann).

Fekk du nå brånnå ti åmna?

(dialectal, Trøndelag dialect) burning, flame

(dialectal, Trøndelag dialect) pyrosis, heartburn


åmmen

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åmmen m (definite singular åmnen, singular dative åmna, indefinite plural åmna, definite plural åmnan or åmnane, plural dative åmnom)

åmnen (definite singular)
åmna (dative singular)
åmna (indefinite plural)
åmnan (definite plural)
åmnane (definite plural)
åmnom (dative plural)

(Trøndelag dialect, parts of Eastern Norway) Alternative form of omn


bergugle

bergugla (definite singular)
bergugler (indefinite plural)
berguglene (definite plural)

berg + ugle, from earlier bergule, from ule.


Bergugleberget

From bergugle + berg. Alternative forms are from bergule (old form of bergugle).
(mountain top in Løkken): Mentioned on a map of the mine from 1756 in Danish, written as Berg-Ugel-Berget.

A hill in Orkland, Trøndelag, Norway, between Fagerli and Løkken Verk. Not high itself, it is located on the plateau between Løkken and Orkla, so its top is 330 m above sea level, while Løkken center is just 150. According to legends, the first discovery of copper ore in the mine area was made on this mountain.

A mountain in Verdal, Trøndelag, at the Steine fortifications.

A cliff in Orkland, at the Resvatn lake, close to Vålåskaret

A small mountain in Steinkjer, in forests of Brunstad (on the northern side of Snåsavatnet)


vasskraftverk

vasskraftverket (definite singular)
vasskraftverk (indefinite plural)
vasskraftverka (definite plural)

From vass- + kraftverk. Cf. Swedish vattenkraftverk and Norwegian Bokmål vannkraftverk.


Bakindia

One of the remote parts of the Løkken Verk mine


Vavoldlia

From Vavold + li, where Vavold (local pronunciation: /vaːvoʎː/) was name of a farm (see voll, whence -vold), once located in todays center of Løkken Verk, probably from the verb vada (Trøndersk dialect: våddå).

A neighborhood of Løkken Verk, Trøndelag, Norway


Fagerliåsen

A mountain in Orkland, Trøndelag, between Fagerli and Bjørnli, having an abandoned ski jump and two water reservoirs (one of them is also abandoned) on its northern side

A group of hills in Larvik, Vestfold, at a soccer field

A hill in forests of Gaustad, in Byneset peninsula of Trondheim

A hill in Aremark, Austfold, on the Swedish border

A hill in Findal, Bamble, south of Porsgrunn