See Wiktionary:Todo/Westrobothnian cleanup for more information.

• IPA^(key): /²miːl/, /²møʏ̯ːl/, /mɛɪ̯ːl/

  Rhymes: -ìːl

From Old Norse míla.

16 f

1. mile

From Old Norse *míla. Compare Icelandic mél, Old English mīdl, Old High German mindil, Norwegian Nynorsk mel.

16 f

1. halter

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• meklamänt

From Latin medicamentum.

mĭklǎme´nt n (definite singular mĭklǎme´ntä̆, plural mĭklǎmēntĕr, definite plural mĭklǎme´ntă)

1. a medicament

From Old Norse *miðlum.

• IPA^(key): /²mɪːlɐ/, /mɪlɐ/

16

1. between

• (Lövånger) IPA^(key):

  Rhymes: -ìːnɛ

16 n sg

1. (possessive pronoun): dative neuter singular of männ

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• minst

From Old Norse misstr, past participle of missa.

• IPA^(key): ,

16

1. (transitive) to lose

   Ji a mingstä marra min

   I have 'lost my mare

   Ji a minstä häst’n männ.

   I have lost my horse.

   Han minstä häst’n sänn.

   He lost his horse.

From Old Norse minni, from Proto-Germanic *gaminþiją.

16 n (definite minnä)

1. Memory.

• jucksmin
• minnespak
• minnäsväl
• ominn

From Old Norse minnstr.

16 (definite masculine minstn, feminine minsta, neuter minstä, plural miinst, definite plural minstän)

1. indefinite superlative degree of litn

From Old Norse missa.

16

1. variant of mingst

From Old Norse *miska ?, from Proto-Germanic *miskijaną.

16

1. To curdle; to make cheese.

• meesk

From Old Norse misgera. Compare Danish misgøre.

16 (preterite missgjol)

1. (active verb) To do wrong, quite different compared to intention; through action end up harming someone.

miss- +‎ hógas

16

1. To dislike.

• oliik

16 f (definite singular missmôna, definite plural missmönjen)

1. favoritism

missn +‎ rot

16 f

1. bogbean, Menyanthes trifoliata

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miss- +‎ trygg

16

1. incredulous

• mesu, messu

Like Icelandic misa, Norwegian mysa (from oblique case misu with w-umlaut), Norwegian mysesmor, Swedish ostmyssja, mesost, from Proto-Germanic *mihswōn, from the Indo-European root *miks "to mix".

• IPA^(key): Template:gmq-bot-pronu-note

16 f (definite singular missun)

1. whey

• missusmør
• missuåst

16 n

1. (impersonal, as an adverb) uncertain, doubtful

   Hä jär missä óm hä

   Of that is uncertain; it is doubtful how it is.

• IPA^(key): /mjeːɣ/, /miːɣ/

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1. Urine.

• miig

From Old Norse mjǫlk.

• IPA^(key):

16 f

1. (Vilhelmina) milk

• Dahlstedt, Karl-Hampus and Ågren, Per-Uno: Övre Norrlands Bydgemål, p. 9, Skrifter Utgivna Av Vetenskapliga Biblioteket I Umeå, 1954.

From Old Norse mjallr (“white,”) likely from Proto-Indo-European *melh₂- (“to beat, crush, grind.”).

16

1. Fine, white, shiny.

16 n (definite singular mjålksetä)

1. milking stool

From Old Norse mjǫlk, mjolk, from Proto-Germanic *meluks, cognate with Icelandic mjólk, Danish mælk, Swedish mjölk, English milk. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂melǵ-.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmjɒɽk/, /ˈmjɑɽk/, /ˈmjɞɽk/

  Rhymes: -ɒɽk, -ɞɽk

• (nom. & acc. def. sg.) IPA^(key): /ˈmjɒɽkɐ/, /ˈmjɑɽkɐ/, /ˈmjɞɽkɐ/

  Rhymes: -ɒɽkɐ, -ɞɽkɐ

• (dat. def. sg.) IPA^(key): /²mjɒɽke̞n/, /²mjɑɽke̞n/, /²mjɞɽke̞n/

  Rhymes: -ɒɽkɛn, -ɞɽkɛn

16 f (nominative & accusative definite singular mjólka, dative definite singular mjólken)

1. (uncountable) Milk.

• blåmjölk
• rännmjólk

• mólk
• ramm
• ramtrag
• snark

• åst
• smør
• tjytt
• ull

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1. Claviceps purpurea.

From Old Norse mjǫðr, from Proto-Germanic *meduz (“mead”), from Proto-Indo-European *médʰu (“honey, mead”).

16 m (definite singular mjøn)

1. (uncountable) honey

• hommelmjø

From Old Norse mjór (also mjár, mær), from Proto-Germanic *maiwaz.

16

1. (obsolete) thin, narrow

• Present in toponyms such as Mjø Tjän and Mjøvættn and skatamjö.

From Old Norse móðr (“emotion, anger,”) from Proto-Germanic *mōdaz, whence also English mood. Influenced by French mode, from Latin modus. In the sense ’anger’ replaced by sinn. For the sense ’method’ compare me n.

• IPA^(key): /múː/, Template:gmq-bot-pronu-note

  Rhymes: -úːð

  (ð-dropping) Rhymes: -úː, -úːð

  (ð-r merger) Rhymes: -úːð, -úːr

16 n (definite singular mode or moe, plural mo)

1. (singular only) Spirit, love of life, optimism.
2. Way of behaving, mood.

   han hadd de mode

   he had that way

3. Fashion.
4. Method.

• modd
• moes
• morasam
• missmodd

• måbb

16 m

1. puppy
2. little boy

16

1. in a hurry, strictly and urgently occupied with work

mo +‎ -es

• IPA^(key):

  Rhymes: -ùːɛs, -ùːðɛs

16

1. ponder

• molenä

Comparative of mol.

16

1. Quite a lot, to a greater extent.

   molenä ensammen

   all alone

   molenä lite

   very little

   molenä lögom

   particularly moderately

16 f (definite monka)

1. milk with dumplings without filling

16

1. play

• monkbânn

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From Old Norse móta.

• IPA^(key): /²muːt/,

  Rhymes: -ùːt

16 (preterite mote)

1. To shape (press) something in a mould.

• mot

16

1. nominative/accusative plural of mot

16

1. fun, cheerful, joyful, cheerful

From Old Norse móðurlauss, from Proto-Germanic *mōdērlausaz; equivalent to mor (“mother”) +‎ -laus (“-less”).

16

1. motherless

From Old Norse mót, from Proto-Germanic *mōtą, *gamōtą.

• IPA^(key): /muːt/, ,
• Rhymes: -úːt

16 n or f (definite singular mote or mota)

1. Mould, form to cast something in.
2. Part of a wheel ring.
3. (as an adverb, with dative) To meet.

   gamot ― to go to meet

4. (as an adverb, with dative) Towards.

   han kåmme gɑen mot gɑlåm ― he came walking towards the estate

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From moot.

• IPA^(key): /²muːtɐr/,

  Rhymes: -ùːtɐr, -ɐr

16 m (definite motarn, dative motaråm)

1. One who shapes brick.

• mot

• motför
• måotför

16

1. compared to

   he var myttjen fögel då moteför nu

   there was a lot of birds then compare to now

From German Mutter (“mother; nut.”).

16 f (definite singular muntra, plural munter, definite plural muntren)

1. a nut (for bolts)

• skruvmunter

16 m

1. A black seal.

From Old Norse mús, from Proto-Germanic *mūs, from Proto-Indo-European *mūs-.

• IPA^(key): /mʉːs/, ,

  Rhymes: -ʉ́ːs

16 f (definite singular musa, plural mösser or myster, definite plural mössren or mystren)

1. (rodent) a mouse

• rôtt

• musärtergräs
• musskara
• sjömus

From Old Norse mǫsurr, from Proto-Germanic *masuraz.

The -u- is a rare irregularity also found in kuru.

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1. (botany) Burl.

• musorbjärk

• Nyström, Jan-Olov, 1993, Ordbok över lulemålet

From Old Norse *mǫsurbjǫrk, equivalent to muso +‎ bjerk, cognate with Icelandic mösurbjörk, Swedish masurbjörk.

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1. Curly birch, visa birch, Betula pendula var. carelica.

• muso

• Nyström, Jan-Olov, 1993, Ordbok över lulemålet

From Old Norse mý, from Proto-Germanic *mugjǭ, *mują, from Proto-Indo-European *mu (“fly”), *mew-. Cognate with Norwegian mygg, Swedish mygga, Danish myg, Old English mycg, mycge (whence Middle English mygga, English midge); Old High German mucka (German Mücke (“mosquito”)); Latvian muša; Albanian mizë; Russian му́ха (múxa); Ancient Greek μυῖα (muîa); Ukrainian му́ха (múxa); Bulgarian му́ха (múha); Lower Sorbian mucha, Polish mucha and Slovak mucha. Akin to Latin musca (“fly”). Compare the Dutch mug.

• IPA^(key): , ,

  Rhymes: -ýː

  (ð-dropping) Rhymes: -ýːð

  (northern í-ý merger) Rhymes: -íː

16 n

1. (collective) mosquitoes

16 f

1. mosquito

• myskrank (“crane fly”)

Category:gmq-bot:Insects

16

1. neuter of mykjen

From Old Norse mikill, from Proto-Germanic *mikilaz. Akin to English much.

• IPA^(key): /²mʏt͡ɕːe̞n/
• (neuter) IPA^(key): /²mʏt͡ɕːe̞/, /²møɪ̯t͡ɕːe̞/, /²mɵɪ̯t͡ɕːe̞/, /²miːt͡ɕe̞/

16 (neuter mykje, comparative mäir or mair, superlative mäst)

1. a lot, much

   mykjen folk

   a lot of people

   mykjen fåra

   many sheep

   mykje tin

   a lot of the time

2. (neuter, as an adverb) a lot, often

   då bruke ve mykje få pärkakun

   then we used to often get potato bread

• mykkelsgiru
• mykkläsgeru
• mókkelsgeru
• mökkelsgeru
• måkkesjdjerü
• måkesjdjeru
• myittjesjer

Possibly from Old Norse mikils, gen. of mikill + geru.

16

1. very stingy, greedy, who never gets enough

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• IPA^(key): /²myːr/, /²miːr/, /²møyːr/

  Rhymes: -ỳːr

  (í-ý merger) Rhymes: -ỳːr, -ìːr

From Old Norse mýrr (acc. mýri), Proto-Germanic *miuzijō.

16 m (definite singular myra or myrä, dative myyrn, indefinite plural myyr, definite plural myrän, dative myrom)

1. bog, marsh, swamp

• flarkmyr
• måsamyr

• döva
• drävi
• måsa

16 (preterite myrä)

1. loads of ants crawl over each other, swarm, also of children and old people

Derived from magt (“power, influence”). Compare Danish mægte, Swedish mäkta, mäktas, Norwegian mekte, Icelandic mekta, mektast.

16 (preterite mägtä, middle mägtäs)

1. (with infinitive) To manage, cope, be able to do something.

   Mägt du löft stain denna? ― Are you able to lift that stone?

• rå

Derived from magt (“power, influence”). Compare Danish mægte, Swedish mäkta, mäktas, Norwegian mekte, Icelandic mekta, mektast.

16 (preterite mägtäsä, active mägt)

1. (middle voice, intransitive, particle vä + object) To have the ability, strength, afford to.

   Mägtäs du vä häddänä? ― Are you able to handle that?

   ja mäktes int ve ne ― I cannot manage it

2. (middle voice, intransitive, particle vä + object) To test one’s strength by wrestling and the like.

   Ji mägtäsä int vä’om ― I couldn’t handle him.

• (prevail): rå, mägt
• (wrestle): brȯtas

• Rietz, Johan Ernst, “Mägtäs”, in Svenskt dialektlexikon: ordbok öfver svenska allmogespråket (in Swedish), 1962 edition, Lund: C. W. K. Gleerups Förlag, published 1862–1867, page 424

• main
• mein

From Old Norse meina, from Middle Low German meinen, from Proto-Germanic *mainijaną.

16 (preterite mäint)

1. (intransitive) to intend; hold; suggest

   Ji main óm gjer’n snipp-räis dill stadom

   I mean to make a quick trip to the city.

From malt.

16 (active mäält)

1. (intransitive) germinate

16

1. (transitive) mix to form paste, mortar, dough or similar

• IPA^(key):

  Rhymes: -ɛ́nː

From Old Norse mínn, from Proto-Germanic *mīnaz, from Proto-Indo-European *méynos.

16 (feminine mi, neuter mätt)

1. (possessive) my, mine (used referring to someone/something masculine)

   inni skapom minom

   in my cupboard

   oppa bolen mine

   on my table

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16 m pl

1. nominative plural of mann, men

From mäst (“most”), superlative of mykjen.

16

1. mostly, almost

   He jär better räken ålldeles fel än mäste rätt

   it is better to count completely wrong than almost right

16 n

1. the most, that which there is most of

16 m

1. (anatomy) Groin, abdomen.

• (groin): ljusk

From malt.

16 (middle mälltes)

1. (transitive) To germinate, produce sprouts.

16 f (definite nominative & accusative singular mällta, definite dative singular mälltn, indefinite nominative & accusative plural mäält, definite nominative & accusative plural mälltern, definite dative plural mälltåm)

1. A germ, sprout.

16 f

1. nominative & accusative indefinite plural of marr

16 m

1. small wooden plough, mostly for earthing up potatoes

From Old Norse mæla, from Proto-Germanic *mēlijaną. Cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk måla, Danish måle.

16

1. to measure

• fullmåling m (“large tree”)

From Old Norse moka, from myki, mykja (“manure”).

16 (preterite & supine måka)

1. (transitive) to shovel

• måkaromm

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1. A part in a great eel trap.

• mókk

måsa +‎ myyr

16 f

1. raised bog

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16

1. (how) much

From older obl. *mǫttu, ultimately from Latin matta. For the umlaut preserved by nasal compare mån, mååmm, mångfåll, nåt.

• IPA^(key): /²mɑʈː/, /²mɔtː/

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1. A mat.

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From Old Norse magr, from Proto-Germanic *magraz (“lean, meager”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱrós. Compare Old High German magar, Old English mæger.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmæːɣer/

16

1. meager; lean

16 f

1. A kind of fish trap.

• måkk

From Old Norse munnr, muðr, from Proto-Germanic *munþaz.

• (Hössjö, Umeå) IPA^(key):
• (Skellefteå, Överkalix ) IPA^(key):
• (Luleå) IPA^(key):

  Rhymes: -ʊ́nð, -ʊ́nː

16 m (dative mónnom)

1. Mouth.

• vötomånn

From Old Norse morgunverðr.

16 m

1. breakfast

• marjaväl

Category:gmq-bot:Meals

• (Lövånger) IPA^(key): /²mɞrɡ/, /²mɞrj/

16

1. Be dissatisfied but do not dare say it.

môsa +‎ såt

16 n

1. gaps between the wall logs sealed with moss

   hem där hä vâ môsasåta

   at home where there was moss between the wall logs

• måsasåt

From Old Norse mœddr, past participle of mǿða (mø), derived from móðr (“tired”), from Proto-Germanic *mōþuz (“tired”).

• Rhymes: -ǿdː

16

1. exhausted (from work)

   Ji jär sä mödd att ji int vårk gå länger

   I'm so exhausted that I can not walk any more.

• keik
• magtäslaus

• Rhymes: -ø̀dː

16 (preterite möddä)

1. exhaust oneself through work

   Han möddä säg mykke vä di

   He exhausted himself much with it.

• mø

• Rietz, Johan Ernst, “MÖDD”, in Svenskt dialektlexikon: ordbok öfver svenska allmogespråket (in Swedish), 1962 edition, Lund: C. W. K. Gleerups Förlag, published 1862–1867, page 456

16

1. mouldy

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16 (preterite möksä)

1. (intransitive) edge, move away from where you sit, for example on a bench without getting up

   Möks åt däg!

   Move yourself, give room!

• möri

16 (preterite möljä)

1. slowly and latently burn, glimmering under the ashes
2. burn or smoke without any flame; emit black and thick smoke.

• måra

• möljäs

16 (present möls)

1. To cloud up.

• möli

• myyn, mönd

16 (preterite mönnä)

1. (intransitive) To row with the back stem forward, row the boat backwards.

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1. Alternative spelling of mónn.

From Old Norse myrkr.

• IPA^(key):
  • Rhymes: -ɞ́rk

16 (neuter mört, comparative mörkänä, superlative mörkäst)

1. dark

   Hä jär no na mört i da, men ä var mörkänä i går.

   It is dark today, but it was darker yesterday.

• IPA^(key):
  • Rhymes: -ɞ̀rk

16

1. become dark

   Hä håll å möörk.

   It is getting dark.

   Daga börj möörk.

   Days are getting darker.

• mörtn

• Rietz, Johan Ernst, “mörk”, in Svenskt dialektlexikon: ordbok öfver svenska allmogespråket (in Swedish), 1962 edition, Lund: C. W. K. Gleerups Förlag, published 1862–1867, page 458

• IPA^(key): , , Template:gmq-bot-pronu-note

16 n

1. neuter singular of mörk

16

1. heavily addicted by someone or something

Like Norwegian mysja derived from Old Norse mosi (“moss”).

16 (preterite mössjä)

1. seal a wall with moss, put moss between timber joints in walls of wooden houses.

From Old Norse mǿta, mœta, from mót, whence mot, måot.

16 (active mött)

1. (intransitive, middle voice) To meet.

   möttęs vę näu ― to meet someone

2. (intransitive, middle voice) To make way, swerve while driving.

From Old Norse maurr.

• IPA^(key):

  Rhymes: -ɞ́ɵ̯ːr

16 f (definite singular möura, definite plural möuren)

1. ant
2. (figuratively) workhorse (anyone who does a lot of work)

• Rietz, Johan Ernst, “möur”, in Svenskt dialektlexikon: ordbok öfver svenska allmogespråket (in Swedish), 1962 edition, Lund: C. W. K. Gleerups Förlag, published 1862–1867, page 435

• móórn

From Old Norse morgna, morna (with i-umlaut).

16 (preterite mörnä)

1. (neuter verb) begin to dawn, become light

   Hä håll å möörn

   the day dawns

2. (reflexive verb) gradually wake up, become properly awake, shake your sleep off

   Ljett fäll mórn mäg inga jig kann stig ópp

   I best wake up properly before I get out of bed.

• omörnä

• (Hössjö, Burträsk) IPA^(key):

  Rhymes: -ø̀ːð

  (ð-dropping) Rhymes: -ø̀ː, -ø̀ːð

From Old Norse mœða.

16 (preterite mödd, past participle mödd)

1. to strain, exercise, massage
2. to exercise horses

From Old Norse mœða.

16 f (definite singular møa)

1. effort

   ha møa för føa

   to have the effort for your bread

From Old Norse mygla, from Proto-Germanic *muglōną, diminutive and denominative of *mukiz ’soft substance’ (compare mȯckrȯm (“place for cow dung”), Old Norse myki, mykr (“cow dung”)), from Proto-Indo-European *mewk- ’slick, soft’. Related to mauk, mjuk.

• IPA^(key): /²mʏːɣe̞ɽ/

16 (preterite møgle, middle møgles)

1. To mould.

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1. Mould.

From Old Norse myrða, from morð, see mol.

16

1. (often: møl i hop) press, push, squeeze together, compress, hug, bruise, pummel, bedevil

Sometimes said jokingly to children.

From Old Norse nakkvart.

• IPA^(key): /na/, /næ/

16

1. somewhat

   Hä rit nona högt ópp i värä tornä däna

   That tower rises fairly high up in the air.

• na å na
• navondail
• na sä när
• na sta när
• nalta
• naltä
• navohdt

From Old Norse hana.

• IPA^(key): /nɑ/, /ɳɑ/

16

1. her

16

1. so-so

   A. “Horä levas ji?”

   How are you living?

   B. “Na å na”

   So-so.

Compare Danish namme; compare nema.

• IPA^(key):

  Rhymes: -àmː

16 (preterite nammä)

1. (transitive) to grasp, take

• laabb

Compare Old Norse naga (“bite”), Swiss German nätschen (“gorge as pigs”), Finnish naskin (“id.”).

16 (preterite naskä)

1. busy oneself

   Han naskä vä di’n stånn

   He busied himself with that for a while.

2. consume strong beverages

   Han naskä i säg ’n pela grut

   He sipped a little thereof.

• (consume): snaask

16 m

1. cape, isthmus

From Old Norse naddr.

16 m

1. ringed seal (Pusa hispida)

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16

1. To irritate.
2. To make little holes in bread using a tool of the below type.

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1. A tool with several pins used to make little holes in bread.

From Old Norse hnǫggr (“niggardly, stingy, scant.”) Cognate with Scanian nagg, Gutnish näggur.

16 (neuter nagt)

1. Niggardly, stingy, scant.

16

1. To a small extent or degree.

16

1. a small amount

• ’n pela grut
• nalta pela grut
• naltä pela grut

16 f

1. Contraction of nægar.
2. Contraction of hannar.

16

1. Alternative form of når

16

1. unnecessary

16

1. (transitive) To consume, wear through usage.

• nåites (“To be consumed.”)

16 n

1. Cattle.

naut +‎ tâ

16 n

1. cowpath away from the barn to the outlying areas

• nawté n

• laut-tå

naut +‎ -u

16

1. nutty, thick as a brick
2. dirty, negligent

na +‎ hvort

16

1. considerably, sundry

   Han skull no vili rå säg’n häst å navohdt annä vä, men’n hav int na dill å påhåll.

   He would probably like to buy a horse and a lot more, but he has no assets.

na +‎ hvorn +‎ dail

16 m

1. sundry things

16 (preterite & supine neta)

1. To sting, burn.

   he neta dil ini kne

   I felt a sting in the knee.

• neet (pret. nete)

From Old Norse nagl, nagli, from Proto-Germanic *naglaz.

16 m

1. rivet

From Old Norse negla.

16

1. (transitive, with accusative) to nail

• nagäl
• negälhóvvu
• negling
• nögäl

• Rietz, Johan Ernst, “negäl”, in Svenskt dialektlexikon: ordbok öfver svenska allmogespråket (in Swedish), 1962 edition, Lund: C. W. K. Gleerups Förlag, published 1862–1867, page 459