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From French parlementer.

18

1. To waste time messing around.

18 n

1. bad worker who does not get anything out of his hands completely done

• pya
• päia

From Old Norse píka. Cognate with Icelandic píka, Swedish piga and Danish pige.

18 f (definite form only)

1. little girl
2. pet name used for mare (compare syt)

18

1. Weak, fragile, fine-boned.

   Ska stinta janna va frisk, söm je sä pickḷut

   Can this girl be healthy, who looks so fragile and frail?

From Old Norse pikka, from Proto-Germanic *pikkōną.

• IPA^(key): (Burträsk)

18 (preterite pikkä)

1. (transitive) knock
2. (transitive) prick (thin bread), put small holes in rye bread
3. (intransitive) beat, throb

   jɑʈʈe peekk

   the heart beats

• pjekk

From Old Norse fimr.

• Rhymes: -ər

18

1. Nice, clever, cheerful.

• fimper

18

1. Slight, weak, sickly; about children, animals and plants that do not thrive.

• IPA^(key):

  Rhymes: -ìːt

  Homophone: Pijt

18 (preterite päit, supine pitti)

1. squeak, beep

18 n

1. seal used to seal letters

18 (preterite & supine pjasa)

1. walk very slowly and with difficulty; said of children who start walking or sick, old or crippled people
2. work slowly

• pjas
• pjasar
• pjasamögär
• pjask
• pjåsk
• pjaask

• Rietz, Johan Ernst, “PJASA”, in Svenskt dialektlexikon: ordbok öfver svenska allmogespråket (in Swedish), 1962 edition, Lund: C. W. K. Gleerups Förlag, published 1862–1867, page 503

From Old Norse pjakka.

18 (preterite pjekkä)

1. (transitive) knock lightly

   Han pjekkä på nobben.

   He hit the tack lightly.

   Han pjekkä ti döra.

   He knocked on the door.

• piikk

18

1. flow with a small spurt

• pela

From Finnish pieni. Compare Norwegian pæn and Danish pen.

• IPA^(key): ,

  Rhymes: -éːɳ, -éːn

18

1. Small, weak, insignificant.

   No jer-n fel da heller pjen handerna

   probably he’s pretty lousy (weak), that one

Compare pjuk (“tired”).

18

1. To leave silently.

Cognate with Scanian pyn n (“id.”)

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1. Stickleback, a small fish.

18

1. imperative singular of pjuusk

18

1. Alternative spelling of pjuusk

18 (preterite pjuskä)

1. (intransitive) To move stealthily; sneak; try to hide what one is doing.
2. (intransitive) To pilfer.

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18 n

1. silly person

18 (preterite pjålä)

1. (intransitive) whine, complain, moan

• tjål

• pjål

From Old Norse plógr, from Proto-Germanic *plōgaz, *plōguz.

18 m (definite plojen, plural ploga)

1. Snowplough.

• ploog
• plogstikk
• ploglag
• plogfogd
• plogvæ

From plut (“thick lip.”).

18 (preterite plutä)

1. (intransitive) To talk.

   Hä gallt int plut vä ’om

   It was not enough to talk to him.

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18 (preterite pläntä)

1. (transitive) To engross, write beautifully.
2. (transitive) To approximate print, text.

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• (antonym(s) of “write beautifully”): rota

Cognate with English planet; from the idea, that the wise could read someone’s destiny in the stars.

18 f pl (definite plural plånetträn)

1. Palm lines, from which one’s destiny is predicted.

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1. (childish) Horse.

18 f

1. frogling with tail and gills

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From Old Norse pyttr.

18 m

1. pool

• vötopott (“puddle”)
• djyripott (“mud pit”)

• putt

prakk +‎ -sam

18 (neuter prakksamt)

1. which is not of much value

   Prakksamt arbait

   work that takes time, but hardly pays off

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1. Catechetical party.

18 (preterite punnsä)

1. (intransitive) To splash, wade in water, stamp in dirt.

From Old Norse pyttr.

18 m

1. Dark hole, bottomless depth.

• helpytte

• pott

From Old Norse púla.

18 (preterite pulä)

1. To incessantly and continuously work and apply oneself; drudge, work slowly and cumbersomely.

   Han pulä å arbaitä bå natt å dag

   He drudged and worked both night and day.

2. To push on, hit, e.g. a nail that it enters a wall.
3. To bring someone to believe the unbelievable.

   Han pulä ti mäg’n lögn

   He imposed a lie on me.

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• pulsam

• pål

See pia. For the vowel compare gys, syt.

• IPA^(key): /²pyːɐ/

  Rhymes: -ỳːɐ

  (í-ý merger) Rhymes: -ỳːɐ, -ìːɐ

  (øy-ý merger) Rhymes: -ỳːɐ, -ø̀ʏ̯ːɐ

18 f (definite form only)

1. Alternative form of pia

• IPA^(key):
  • Rhymes: -ỳːk, -ìːk

18 (preterite pyke)

1. creep (shamefully)

   hɑn pyke å

   He crept away (ashamed)

18

1. to stand staring, to watch carefully

Compare Norwegian pyngje, Helsingian pynja (“id.”), Icelandic pyngja (“pouch, purse.”)

18

1. To sew badly, wrinkle together, quickly sew together.

18 m (definite singular pyppeln)

1. (anatomy) kidney (an organ in the body)

• pyppelgräs (“Equisetum arvense”)
• pyppelnɑs (“humorous endearment for children”)
• pyppelpɑlt (“dumpling containing flour, blood and kidney”)

Unknown. Compare Bornholmian pyre, pyra, Scanian pyra (“to seep,”) pora (“to grow badly,”) Swedish pyra (“to smoulder,”) Finnish pyrin (“to endeavor, eagerly strive for,”) Helsingian pora, pura, påra (“to work slowly, do something gradually,”) English pore (“to read, study carefully.”)

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1. Dull puttering; slow task that requires much time.
2. Trouble.

From Latin pirum.

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

18 f (definite plural pärän)

1. potato

• pärkål

• Rietz, Johan Ernst, “pär”, in Svenskt dialektlexikon: ordbok öfver svenska allmogespråket (in Swedish), 1962 edition, Lund: C. W. K. Gleerups Förlag, published 1862–1867, page 518

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18 (preterite päjkä)

1. gesticulate, dangle with legs

18 f

1. thin pancake

18 f (definite pótta)

1. bottle

   Mått liggj ä ti pótta?

   How much does the bottle hold?

• brännvinns pótt

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

18 f (definite singular pölla)

1. a bubble

18

1. to bubble

18

1. (with particle å) fall into

Likely onomatopoeic.

18 m (definite pöttn, dative pöttåm, plural pötta)

1. A small lad.
2. A small dab; e.g. of dough.
3. A crumb.

• pytt, pjött

• putifnask
• pyttidatt
• pyttes

18 (preterite pöntä)

1. carefully preen, decorate, clean up

• pöönt ne

• IPA^(key): /pøːs/,
  • Rhymes: -ǿːs

18 m (definite singular pøsn)

1. (anatomy) scrotum
2. a man's strength, power, breath, life

   ta pös å nan ― to do someone in

   tæ eint pösn båtti paitjåm ― do not torment the life out of the boy

3. gust

• pös

• IPA^(key):
  • Rhymes: -ø̀ːs

pø̂s

1. pant
2. boil over
3. be proud
4. (of wet wood) burn badly, without flame

• pöös

• pøsut (“inflated, conceited”)

• Larsson, Evert, Söderström, Sven, “pös s. pø:s”; “pösa v. pø̂:s”, in Hössjömålet : ordbok över en sydvästerbottnisk dialekt (in Swedish) →ISBN, page 151
• Rietz, Johan Ernst, “Pös” etc, in Svenskt dialektlexikon: ordbok öfver svenska allmogespråket (in Swedish), 1962 edition, Lund: C. W. K. Gleerups Förlag, published 1862–1867, page 516
• Marklund, Thorsten, 1986, Skelleftemålet: grammatik och ordlista : för lekmän - av lekman , →ISBN, page 116

From Middle Low German querder, from Proto-Germanic *kwerþrą.

• IPA^(key):

  Rhymes: -ɑ́ːɽ

qwāhl m (definite singular qwāhln)

1. hard edge on soft thing; some form of elevation; for example the edge of cheese or bread, or a neck collar on shirts or other clothes

   Hä gjär int fnösskjen, hä gjär bȧra qwahln

   There is no touchwood, there's only some hard edges.

• gval
• kval

• kvalbeit
• skjohttqwahl (“shirt collar”)
• skoqwahl (“bootleg”)

From Old Norse kvern, from Proto-Germanic *kwernō.

• IPA^(key): , , , ,

18 f (definite singular qwarna)

1. mill, quern

• qwarnkȧll

From Old Norse kveisa.

18 f (definite singular qwejsa, definite plural qwejsen)

1. (pathology) pocks, chickenpox

   Han ligg i qwejsen.

   He has the chickenpox.

2. hump in the back from rickets

   Han hȧf qwejsa i ryddjen.

   He is a hunchback.

3. whitlow

• kvissäl
• kvissli

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18 n (definite singular qwȧfwä)

1. chest pressure, difficulty breathing
2. the air that, during the winter, penetrates through small holes on the ice, whereby fish in lakes get necessary air

   Hä stehnä sä mytkjä fisk i den sjön fȯr hä han mistä qwȧfwä.

   Many fish died in that lake, for they lost the necessary air.

   Wack nȧ hȯhl hjär å där sä fiskjen få qwȧfwä.

   Cut up some holes here and there (on the ice), so that the fish get the necessary air.

• kwamn
• kwäft
• kåvn

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

  Rhymes: -ǽð

From Old Norse hraðr.

18 (comparative radänä, superlative radäst, neuter radt)

1. Quick, early, close at hand, easy, handy; straight.

   Hä var int radt dill å få. ― It could not be obtained soon.

   Hä jär radänä sagdt än gjohdt. ― It is easier said than done.

   radästä vajen ― the closest way

   oradt ― not near, not at hand, not easily or quickly done

• rabädh (“(crop) harvested in a short time”)
• radt (“easy; readily at hand”)
• radt dill (“convenient, handy, easily and quickly enforceable”)
• rafyri/rafuri/raförä (“convenient to travel; which can quickly be fared; on which you can quickly travel”)

From Old Norse rǫð.

18 f (definite singular rada, plural rɑda)

1. row, line, sequence

• rada (“put in a row”)
• rɑda (“control (a toboggan or sled) down a hill so that it does not overturn or swerve”)

From Old Norse reysta.

18

1. To vote.

• raist

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1. Alternative form of röjst

18

1. Alternative form of röjst

18 (preterite rabbä)

1. To scratch; in passing, or other movement get too close to something that hurts.

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1. Coregonus albula.

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

  Rhymes: -ɒ́dː

18 n (definite singular raddä, definite plural radda)

1. The places where the forest is removed to get hay there, preferably at the edge of the forest or meadow.

   bär höijä båhtti radda nea ängjä sä hä tȯrkes

   Carry the hay from the cleared up places between forest down onto the meadow, so that it may dry.

• rödd m

• raning
• råådd

• glep

18 f (definite radjöla, plural radjöl, definite radjölen)

1. Counsel, consultation, deliberation.

18

1. quickly eaten

From Old Norse raptr. Cognate with Norwegian raft (“beam, rafter,”) Danish raft (“thin pole,”) English raft.

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1. A spruce rod used when roofing.

Cognate with Scanian rawa, Danish rave. Compare Old Norse ráfa (“waver, go with staggering gait,”) English rove.

18

1. To stagger.

• rangäl
• rega
• vangäl

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1. A tall and narrow tree sapling.
2. A sloping dried-up tree.

rain +‎ -låtun

• IPA^(key): /²räɪ̯ːnlɒːtn̩/ Template:gmq-bot-pronu-note

18

1. cleanly

• rainfälu

I-umlaut of Old Norse raust; identical to Norwegian Nynorsk røyst.

18 f

1. Singing voice.
2. Vote.

• raaist

18

1. imperative singular of raaist.

From räka.

18 n (definite rakjä)

1. debris on the water

18

1. preterite singular indicative of räka

raka +‎ börst

18 m (plural rakabösjta)

1. Shaving brush.
2. Thistle; melancholy thistle Cirsium heterophyllum.

• rakakniv

From Old Norse rokkr, from Proto-Germanic *rukkô.

18 m (definite singular rattjen, definite plural rakka)

1. spinning wheel

From Old Norse rokkr, from Proto-Germanic *rukkaz.

18 m (definite singular rattjen, definite plural rakka)

1. overcoat

From Old Norse *roðka, from rauðr.

18 f (definite singular rakka)

1. iron rust, which deposits on ferrous water or grain

• ralk
• rålk
• rolk

• rakkdrøl

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From Old Norse rakstr.

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

  Rhymes: -ákst

18 m

1. raking

• ättrakst (“after-raking, the hay gathered by raking after another, whom raked before.”)

From räka (“wander about”) +‎ gval (“stick”); compare rikkutang, rok, rak.

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1. Person strolling about, drifter.

• rålitkjes, rålekes, ralätjä, raläitjä

18

1. (of flesh) Full of wounds, sore, lacking skin.

   hä söins bära ralikjes kiötte ― only sore flesh is visible

• raläsä

• raläs

18 n

1. gossip

18

1. to gossip
2. to run around, roam
3. (of bitches) to be in heat

• rallar
• rall-hund
• rall-källing
• rall-klåkk
• rall-katt
• rall-kónnt
• rall-takk
• rall-tjuk

rall +‎ kaatt

18 f

1. runaway cat

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18 f

1. alarm clock

• rallar m
• väittjar m

rall +‎ tjuk

18 f

1. warning bell

18

1. make noise

From Old Norse hrogn, from Proto-Germanic *hrugnaz, from Proto-Indo-European *krek- (“frogspawn”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɒmː/

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1. Roe (eggs of a fish.)

From Old Norse rjúmi, from Proto-Germanic *raumaz.

• IPA^(key): /²rɒmː/

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1. Cream (fatty part of milk.)

• ramfil
• rammtrag

From Middle Low German rame.

• IPA^(key): /ˈræmː/

18 f

1. A frame.

• fönster-ramm
• döraramm
• sagramm

From Old Norse hrammr.

• IPA^(key): /ˈræmː/

18 f

1. A bear’s paw.

• IPA^(key): /rɑːn/, /rɒnː/, /ræ̃ːt/, /rɑ̃ːt/, /rẽːd/

  Rhymes: -and

From Old Norse rǫnd, rönd (“stripe, streak, edge”).

18 m (definite plural ranän)

1. A rafter under the roof, on which wood is set to dry.
2. (in the plural) Rafters between the walls of an outhouse at a fair distance from the floor and apart from each other, to set upon any tools during seasons when not in use, or anything else one wishes to be rid of; scaffolding under the roof for laying up firewood, timber, etc.

From Old Norse rǫnd, rönd (“stripe, streak, edge”).

18 f (definite plural rendren)

1. Potato trench.
2. Stripe, streak.
3. (figuratively) A streak, a tendency or characteristic.

• dagsrand
• pär-rand
• randgäl
• randut

18 n

1. An aspen or birch circle bound together with root fibres, which with a cow udder is made a sieve.

• ranning
• råning
• rönning

From Old Norse ruðningr.

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1. A meadow wholly or partly cleared.

• radd
• råådd
• rödd
• rödi

• glep
• nyland

18 f

1. The first track or path formed by ski running or sledding.

• andörj

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From French rançonner.

18 (preterite ransonnérä)

1. (transitive, intransitive) investigate, search secretly; examine, locate, dig into someone's stash

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1. Alternative spelling of rappäl

From Old Norse ras n (“impetuosity, hurry.”).

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1. Hurry, urgency.

   Han gjol alltihopän fälut i ett ras ― He completed all of it at once, without interruption.

• rassan
• rasvill
• röso

18

1. angry, mad

ras +‎ vill, vild

18

1. Who is very frisky in one’s hubbubː unmanageable, unruly.

Cognate to Icelandic hrat n.

18 n

1. garbage, waste, in forest lying twigs, rotten trees and stumps

   Hä ligg fullt vä rat å gval i skogjen

   The forest is full of rubbish and waste.

• IPA^(key): /rɞ́ːk/, /rɞ́ʊ̯ːt͡ɕ/, /rɑ́ʊ̯ːk/, /réʊ̯ːk/ Template:gmq-bot-pronu-note

  Rhymes: -ɞ́ɵ̯ːk

From Old Norse reykr, from Proto-Germanic *raukiz.

18 m

1. Smoke.

• fauk

• raaitj

From Old Norse hraukr, from Proto-Germanic *hraukaz.

18 m

1. A type of hay harvest measure of sheaves.

From Old Norse rauf (“hole”), from Proto-Germanic *raubō.

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

18 f (definite singular rauva)

1. (anatomy) behind, nates

18 n

1. Talk.

• raväl

18 (preterite ravlä)

1. (intransitive) To talk big, bluster, talk nonsense.

• ravel

18

1. to scale, prepare fish

• res
• rest

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1. The black woodpecker (Dryocopus martius.)

• spilskir

18

1. cleanly

• rainfälu

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From late Old Norse reisa, from Middle Low German reise.

18 f

1. Journey.

   Rejsa vahdt ómsuss. ― The journey amounted to nothing.

• fäl

• snipp-räis

From Old Norse reisa (“raise”), from Proto-Germanic *raizijaną.

18 (preterite reist)

1. (transitive) To raise, to lever, to lift.

• (to lift): löft
• (to raise): riit

18 (preterite & supine reka)

1. rock, shake, twist, waver like something which is loose in the joints

• rega
• raga

• rekali

• räka
• riikk
• råka

• remelljen
• remiddjen

From Latin remedium.

18 f pl

1. tools
2. cutlery

• (tool) dillfang n
• (tool) don n

18 f (definite singular reodfögla, plural reodfögel, definite plural reodföglen)

1. (folklore, indicating bad luck) Siberian jay

• rȯuwfohl

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From Old Norse *rjúp(u)fygli.

18 f (definite singular reopfögla, plural reopfögel, definite plural reopföglen)

1. The bird Lagopus.
2. A gadfly, teaser.

Imitative, related to Old Norse ropa. Compare Danish ræbe, Icelandic ropa, Swedish rapa, Norwegian Bokmål rape.

18

1. burp, belch

• räpa

cf Old Norse hreistr, Norwegian reist

18 n or m

1. guts; offal, scales of fish

• fiskres
• rees
• rest

18

1. (middle voice, intransitive) By itself tear up; of fabrics.

From Old Norse hreistr.

18 m

1. fish scales

• res

From Old Norse rísta (pret. reist).

18

1. to plough
2. to carve

18 m

1. a plough

Derived from riit.

18

1. (hunting) A flag or stake that is used as a signal in the seal hunting grounds, or as you put on the boat to find it again among the icebergs when departing from it to hunt.

18

1. The singular active preterite indicative of riit.

• IPA^(key): /²reːtn̩/

18 (preterite & supine retne)

1. to die; lit. "straighten out", referring to the last movements of someone dying

   han ʃen som han hadd retne ut

   he seemed as if he had died

   hån hål a retn

   he is dying

• stehn
• döij

• riit
• rett