åfløy
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Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From å (“small river”) + fløy, from Old Norse fley.
Pronunciation
Noun
åfløy f or m (definite singular åfløya or åfløyen, indefinite plural åfløyer, definite plural åfløyene)
- a small flat-bottomed boat used as a ferry
References
- “åfløy” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
- Ivar Aasen (1850) chapter 17, in Ordbog over det norske Folkesprog (in Danish), Oslo: Samlaget, published 2000
- Falk, Hjalmar, Torp, Alf (1903–06) Etymologisk ordbog over det norske og det danske sprog [Etymological Dictionary of the Norwegian and Danish Languages], page 1
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From å (“small river”) + fløy, from Old Norse fley.
Pronunciation
Noun
åfløy f (definite singular åfløya, indefinite plural åfløyer, definite plural åfløyene)
- a small flat-bottomed boat used as a ferry