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Westrobothnian
Etymology
From Old Norse gaukr, from Proto-Germanic *gaukaz, akin to Old English ġēac, Old High German gouh.
Pronunciation 1
Noun
8 m
- a cuckoo, Cuculus canorus
Synonyms
Pronunciation 2
Verb
8 (preterite gok or gaukkä, supine gokkä or gaukkä)
- (intransitive) To crow; said of the cuckoo and hens rooster.
Gauken gaukkä- the cuckoo cuckooed
- (intransitive) To sing, shout, talk constantly all the time.
- Han gaukä hele väjen han for
- He sang and shouted all the way he traveled
- (intransitive) To mimic the cuckoo.
Westrobothnian
Etymology
gaav + -u
Pronunciation
Adjective
8
- Talented, gifted.
Westrobothnian
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *iēniperus, from Latin iūniperus. Cognate with Icelandic einir, Faroese eini(ber), Danish ene, Swedish en, Norwegian eine.
Pronunciation
Noun
8 m
- juniper
Derived terms
Westrobothnian
Verb
8
- To intercept.
Westrobothnian
Etymology
Old Norse gegn + hœta
Verb
8
- (transitive) To answer scornfully and impolitely.
Conjugation
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See also
Westrobothnian
Adjective
8
- Alternative spelling of gjer
Westrobothnian
Pronunciation
Verb
8 (preterite & supine gera)
- (intransitive) To steam, perspire strong heat from glow, smoke.
- (intransitive) To emit heat, burn, sting.
Noun
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- Steam, sauna or oven fumes.
- Heartburn.
Verb
8
- Alternative spelling of gjera
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Rietz, Johan Ernst, “Gera”, in Svenskt dialektlexikon: ordbok öfver svenska allmogespråket (in Swedish), 1962 edition, Lund: C. W. K. Gleerups Förlag, published 1862–1867, page 191
Westrobothnian
Etymology
Derived from the same root as gjer.
Pronunciation
Adjective
8
- stingy, greedy
- diligent in work, early and late in work and activity
Derived terms
References
- Rietz, Johan Ernst, “Geru”, in Svenskt dialektlexikon: ordbok öfver svenska allmogespråket (in Swedish), 1962 edition, Lund: C. W. K. Gleerups Förlag, published 1862–1867, page 193
Category:Westrobothnian terms suffixed with -u
Westrobothnian
Verb
8
- Alternative spelling of gjäta.
Westrobothnian
Etymology
From Old Norse jǫtunn, from Proto-Germanic *etunaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ed-.
Noun
8 m
- giant
- getufählen
- giant tracks
Westrobothnian
Etymology
From Old Norse gefa, from Proto-Germanic *gebaną.
Pronunciation
Verb
8 (preterite gav or gjaa, plural gåv or gåå, supine gevä or givi)
- (transitive) to give
Derived terms
Westrobothnian
Verb
8
- (transitive) excuse, forgive
Westrobothnian
Verb
8 (preterite gistä)
- (ergative) To dry (said of nets.)
Westrobothnian
Etymology
From Old Norse girnask. Compare Icelandic girnast (“wish for, desire something.”).
Verb
8 (preterite gintäs)
- (middle voice, intransitive) To cry, to sob.
Derived terms
References
- ^ Institutet för språk och folkminnen (1888. C.) Svenska landsmål och Svenskt folkliv, page 113
Westrobothnian
Adjective
8
- Ingenious, who easily understands solving a riddle, or guessing something accurately and fortunately.
Synonyms
Westrobothnian
Pronunciation 1
Verb
8
- meow
Synonyms
Pronunciation 2
Noun
8 n
- meowing
- noise, scream, cry
Westrobothnian
Pronoun
8 pl
- Alternative spelling of je
Westrobothnian
Etymology 1
From Old Norse *gjarr, gjarn. Compare Norwegian gjer, Old Norse gerr.
Adjective
8
- Greedy, stingy, which takes too much (said of planer irons and similar.)
Etymology 2
Verb
8
- present singular of gjera
- imperative singular of gjera
Westrobothnian
Etymology
From Old Norse gæta, from Proto-Germanic *ganhatjaną.
Verb
8 (preterite gjetä, supine gjett)
- To herd, shepherd, tend (animals.)
- (phrase gjet ut) To wait out; beware, lie in wait for.
Westrobothnian
Etymology
Derived from the verb gjet (“guard (cattle) grazing, walking in grassland with livestock”), from Old Norse gæta. Akin to Old Swedish gætir and Norwegian gjætar
Noun
8 m
- herdsman
Derived terms
Westrobothnian
Etymology
gjetar + gjänt
Noun
8 f
- herdess, a herder girl
Synonyms
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Westrobothnian
Adjective
8
- Who guesses easily and gets it right.
- Hä var kvatt sä gjissn du var ― It was remarkable how right you guessed.
Synonyms
Westrobothnian
Etymology
From Old Norse gjóta, from Proto-Germanic *geutaną.
Pronunciation
Verb
8 (preterite gäot, supine guti)
- To pour.
Westrobothnian
Etymology
Compare Faroese gjógv, Norwegian juv (“ravine”).
Pronunciation
Noun
8 f (definite gjuva, dative gjuven)
- rump, hip, loin
hu var brei yvi gjuva; brei baka gjuven- she had wide hips
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Westrobothnian
Etymology 1
Compare Gutnish gail, German geil, from Proto-Germanic *gailaz.
Adjective
8
- happy, cheerful, lively
- horny, unchaste, rutting; about people and animals
Etymology 2
By variation from Old Norse gerði (“fence.”) Compare Icelandic gerð, Old Norse gørð, and undetermined nästgäl f (“packed lunch.”)
Noun
8 f (definite singular gjäla)
- enclosure of cultivated soil, field
Derived terms
Etymology 3
Like Icelandic girða from Old Norse gerða, derived from gerði (“fence.”)
Verb
8 (preterite gjälä)
- to fence, to enclose with fence, to build a fence around the property
Etymology 4
From Old Norse gerð, gørð (“deed,”) from Proto-Germanic *garwidō. Cognate to Norwegian gjær (“deed; custom, fashion, manner of doing something; nature, shape,”) Gutnish gärd (“deed,”) Icelandic gerð, gjörð (“act, action, etc.”).
Noun
8 f (definite singular gjäla)
- custom, practice, habit
- Hä jär gjäla
- Such is the custom.
- Hä jär allti gjäla hä
- It’s always the case.
References
- ^ Rietz, Johan Ernst, “Gjäl”, in Svenskt dialektlexikon: ordbok öfver svenska allmogespråket (in Swedish), 1962 edition, Lund: C. W. K. Gleerups Förlag, published 1862–1867, page 189
Westrobothnian
Adjective
8 (neuter gjängjälit)
- suitable
- flexible, agile
Westrobothnian
Etymology
From an older *ér, from Old Norse er, es.
Pronunciation
Verb
8
- The singular present of vera.
- The singular imperative of vera.
Westrobothnian
Adjective
8
- Well-fed, so that some food because of sheer luxurious living or from frequent eating does not taste well.
Antonyms
Westrobothnian
Etymology
From Old Norse geta, from Proto-Germanic *getaną.
Verb
8 (preterite gat, supine gettä)
- To say, tell, mention.
- Han gat int om ä ― he said nothing about it
- (especially in the supine, phrase hä gjär gitti) Much spoken of, well known.
- Hä jär mykke gettä om den karn ― There is much told about that man, he is well known.
- Hä jär na vodt gettä om den saka ― There is much said about that matter.
- hä gjär gitti stor kjȯrka i Um ― The great church of Umeå is renowned for its size.
- To have to, must, be compelled to.
- Du gjett häl änn en stónn ― You must wait yet a while.
- Ljett fäll mórn mäg inga jig kann stig ópp ― I ought to wake up properly before I can get out of bed.
- han gȧtt kȯmmma ändå ― He must come anyway.
- han wȧr fȧhli nȯudu men gȧtt göra nä ändå ― He was quite unwilling but compelled to do it anyway
- ja fjärkes no fȯr ä men ja gett no gå ändå ― I do dread it, but I have to go anyway.
- hȯrä längj hä balkjäsä gȧtt hä wahl ändå ― how ever long it was troublesome, it must be finished
- (in the phrase gȧtt å) Must come off.
- jag wejt int hȯrä hä for, pälsn gȧtt å ― It doesn’t matter, the coat must come off anyway
- hȯrä längj jag seka sä gȧtt ä å dill slut ― How ever long I cut and tore at it, it must come off in the end.
Conjugation
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Synonyms
References
- ^ Rietz, Johan Ernst, “Gjäta”, in Svenskt dialektlexikon: ordbok öfver svenska allmogespråket (in Swedish), 1962 edition, Lund: C. W. K. Gleerups Förlag, published 1862–1867, page 232
- ^ Stenberg, Pehr, Widmark, Gusten, “gitta v gēttă”, in Ordbok över Umemålet , →ISBN, page 40
Westrobothnian
Noun
8
- (euphemistic) the devil
Interjection
8
- dang
Synonyms
Westrobothnian
Etymology
From Old Norse gera, gerva, gǫrva, from Proto-Germanic *garwijaną.
Pronunciation
- (Skellefteå, Piteå) IPA(key):
- (Kalix) IPA(key): (with merger of æ-a and ǫ-a).
- Rhymes: -ɛ̀ra
- (ð-r merger) Rhymes: -ɛ̀ra
Verb
8 (present gjær, past gjółʼ or gjórtʼ, supine gjórt, singular imperative gjær, plural imperative gjørin or gjørjen)
- (transitive) To do.
- Rǫ́ dú gjæra heð?' ― Are you able to do it?
- Heð var gøłið gjórt ― It was badly done.
- Ji gjółʼ ild’ meg ve knív’um ― I hurt myself (cut myself) on the knife.
heð var júst løgum ǫ́t deg, dú haddʼ intʼ gjæra der- that was just what you deserved; you had no business there.
- (transitive) To make.
- Gjær ’um enn sýlmun lengr! ― Make it a little longer!
- (imperative, negated, with infinitive) To need.
- dú gjær int’ bera se langt ― you needn’t carry so far
- dú gjær int’ kuma hít ― you need not come here
- gjæra di int’ fǫra ― they need not go
di gjółʼ int’ anneð heva vatn’eð útí grýtenn- they only needed to pour water into the pot (lit. needed not other )
Derived terms
References
- Stenberg, Pehr, Widmark, Gusten, 1804, Ordbok över Umemålet →ISBN, page 160 espec. in sense 3
- Rietz, Johan Ernst, Svenskt dialektlexikon: ordbok öfver svenska allmogespråket (in Swedish), 1962 edition, Lund: C. W. K. Gleerups Förlag, published 1862–1867
- Lidström, Gun, Berglund, Erik, 1991, Pitemålet : ållt mīla àagg å ö̀öx, Piteå : ABF Piteåbygden. 4th ed. p. 106
Westrobothnian
Noun
8 m
- A cavity (in wood, stone, etc.)
- A cutting tool to hollow out with.
- A forest lake, swamp, which has no outlet.
- djöölp f (“depression in terrain”)
Westrobothnian
Pronunciation
- (Umeå, Bygdeå, Burträsk, Lövånger) IPA(key):
Verb
8 (present and singular imperative gjør, past gjół’ or gjórt’, supine gjórt)
- Alternative form of gjera
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lindgren, J. V., 1940, “'*agg etc.”, in Orbok över Burträskmålet, page 57
Westrobothnian
Etymology
From Old Norse gørð, from Proto-Germanic *garwidō. Related to gjøra (“to do”). Compare Icelandic gerð, Danish gærd.
Pronunciation
- (Umeå, Bygdeå, Burträsk, Lövånger) IPA(key):
- (Skellefteå) IPA(key):
Noun
8 n (definite gjǽł’a)
- The nature of something.
Derived terms
References
Westrobothnian
Pronunciation
Noun
8 (definite singular glaiddja)
- glass ice
Synonyms
Westrobothnian
Adjective
8
- smooth, slippery
- pure, sheer
- Barä glakkä dyngja
- just pure shit
Synonyms
Westrobothnian
Verb
8 (preterite glema, supine glema)
- to shimmer, twink
Derived terms
Westrobothnian
Noun
glemabyss f
- rifle, musket
Category:gmq-bot:Firearms
Westrobothnian
Noun
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- Glade.
- Gap.
Declension
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See also
Westrobothnian
Verb
8
- To peer with one’s eyes.
Synonyms
Westrobothnian
Noun
8 n
- Fish fry, fishlings.
Synonyms
Verb
8
- Inflected form of gliir
Westrobothnian
Verb
8
- To grin, laugh up one's sleeve.
- To mock, make fun of, sneer.
- To squint.
- To shine through a crack.
Noun
8 f
- Crevice, crack, opening; including, for example, between two clouds.
Adjective
8
- Sparse, not dense.
- Thinly sown or grown.
Synonyms
Westrobothnian
Pronunciation
Verb
8 (preterite glomrä)
- (intransitive) To sound; about glass, bells and metals.
Derived terms
Westrobothnian
Etymology
Compare Norwegian and Swedish grunka.
Verb
8 (preterite glonkä)
- speak softly, say or tell something that you do not want to become widely known
- Han glonkä nalta i dy
- He hinted something about it
Westrobothnian
Noun
8 m
- teenage boy
Synonyms
Westrobothnian
Etymology
Derived from Old Norse glóa.
Verb
8 (preterite glonä)
- (intransitive) To look at carefully, stare.
Westrobothnian
Noun
8 f
- big (bright) spot
Derived terms
Westrobothnian
Pronunciation
Noun
8 n (definite glottre)
- Milk that has lumped and curdled itself.
Westrobothnian
Etymology
Cognate with Norwegian glupa, Swedish glupa, Danish glube, Helsingian glupa, glypa, Elfdalian gliuopa, glaupa, Gutnish gläupa, Middle Low German glupen, Old Frisian glupa.
Verb
8
- (transitive) To devour.
Westrobothnian
Noun
8 n
- Fish fry, fishlings.
Synonyms
Westrobothnian
Adjective
8
- hasty and reckless
Category:Westrobothnian terms suffixed with -r (nominative masculine)
Westrobothnian
Etymology
From Old Norse gleði (“gladness”).
Noun
8 f
- happiness, joy
Westrobothnian
Etymology
From Old Norse *glenta, *gletta, from Proto-Germanic *glentaną (“to slide; glide,”) from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰlend- (“to shine; sparkle; look.”).
Verb
8
- To slip, slide.
Conjugation
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Westrobothnian
Etymology 1
From Old Norse gluggr.
Noun
8 m (definite singular glåggjen, definite plural glågga)
- aperture
Verb
8 (preterite glåggä)
- to drill holes
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Verb
8 (preterite glåggä)
- to mull wine
Westrobothnian
Verb
8 (preterite glöpä)
- (transitive) To mix together, stir together sundry.
Westrobothnian
Noun
8 f
- opening or spot formed between ice pieces in the ice
- opening between frozen timber, which during winter time lies in watercourses
Westrobothnian
Etymology
Compare Old Norse glæta f (“liquid,”) glær m (“sea,”) glot (“water,”) in compound glotkullir m (“a bottle, filled with water.”)
Verb
8 (preterite glötä)
- (transitive, intransitive) To stir in water, splash in water.
Conjugation
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References
- ^ Rietz, Johan Ernst, “Glööt”, in Svenskt dialektlexikon: ordbok öfver svenska allmogespråket (in Swedish), 1962 edition, Lund: C. W. K. Gleerups Förlag, published 1862–1867, page 204
Westrobothnian
Verb
8
- to glow
Westrobothnian
Etymology
From Old Norse glóð, from Proto-Germanic *glōdiz.
Pronunciation
Noun
8 f (definite singular gløa, dative gløn)
- glow, ember
Derived terms
References
- Larsson, Evert, Söderström, Sven, “glöd s. glø:”, in Hössjömålet : ordbok över en sydvästerbottnisk dialekt (in Swedish) →ISBN, page 74
Westrobothnian
Adjective
8
- sparse, leaky (about floors, walls and more)
Category:Westrobothnian terms suffixed with -al
Westrobothnian
Etymology
Related to gluup.
Verb
8
- Is said of strong motion of the sea and current, which breaks into a cove or a strait.
hä glȯpa in ’n hiskeli sjö å ström i sȯnnä hjänna- Harsh swell and stream heave into this strait.
- Strongly snow, snow and rain a lot at once.
Westrobothnian
Etymology
From Old Norse gnaddr.
Noun
8 m
- biting midge; a kind of little mosquito: Ceratopogon pulicaris
Synonyms
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Westrobothnian
Etymology
From Old Norse gnag n (“gnawing”).
Noun
8 n
- untimely, cumbersome entanglement; assiduity, importunity
- incessant spat
Westrobothnian
Noun
8 n (definite gnale, dative gnalen)
- (collectively) oddments
Westrobothnian
Verb
8
- preterite of gni
Westrobothnian
Etymology
Compare Icelandic gnata.
Adjective
8
- nagging; stingy
Category:Westrobothnian terms suffixed with -u
Westrobothnian
Etymology
From Middle Low German gnîden, from Proto-Germanic *gnīdaną.
Verb
8 (preterite gnei, supine gnidä)
- (transitive) To rub.
Westrobothnian
Etymology
From Old Norse gnit, from Proto-Germanic *hnits.
Pronunciation
Noun
8 f
- nit
Category:gmq-bot:Lice
Westrobothnian
Verb
8 (preterite gnol or gnjölä or gnjöld)
- hum, murmur
- request and demand, not be satisfied until it is obtained
- whine of displeasure
Westrobothnian
Etymology
Compare Old Norse gnýr (“clash, din”) and gnyðr (“murmur”).
Pronunciation
Noun
8 n (definite singular gnue)
- roaring, rumbling
Verb
8
- singular present of gnuu
- singular imperative of gnuu
Westrobothnian
Etymology
From Old Norse gnúa (“to rub, scrape”); compare Norwegian gnua (“to rub, drudge, toil”) and Danish gno (“to wail”). Related to gnu and gnjööl.
Pronunciation
Verb
8 (present gnu, preterite gnȯu or gnæu, supine gnudi)
- roar, rumble
- hum
Westrobothnian
Verb
8 (preterite gnåpäs, supine gnipis)
- (middle voice, reciprocal) To bicker.
Westrobothnian
Verb
8 (preterite gnårrke)
- creak
Westrobothnian
Verb
8
- Alternative spelling of gni
Westrobothnian
Etymology
From Old Norse góðr, from Proto-Germanic *gōdaz.
Pronunciation
Adjective
8 (neuter gött or gått or gódt)
- excellent
- goɑftan ― good evening
- gomöran ― good morning
- (neuter, adverbially)
- he to gött. ― The arrow or bullet found its way to its target.
- he pante gött ― It rebounded well.
- able
- ja var int go öm få sunt veaklabben. ― I was not able to break the block of wood.
- tasty
- He smɑkase gött. ― It tasted well.
- He går ɑllten gött å främmen. ― Guests are always treated to a little extra.
- easily done
- friendly, honest
Derived terms
Adverb
8
- well, good
References
- Larsson, Evert, Söderström, Sven, “god a. go:”, in Hössjömålet : ordbok över en sydvästerbottnisk dialekt (in Swedish) →ISBN, page 74
Westrobothnian
Adverb
8
- Well.
- ga goda
- to go well
Westrobothnian
Etymology
go + -es
Pronunciation
Verb
8
- (intransitive) To cuddle.
See also
Westrobothnian
Verb
8
- (transitive) speak well to, court
Westrobothnian
Adjective
8
- Done, finished.
Westrobothnian
Etymology
Derived from go, gåo (“good.”)
Pronunciation
Verb
8 (active goon)
- (middle voice, intransitive) To be lazy, to lounge.
- (middle voice, intransitive) To settle, to establish or improve by oneself by lying still for a while.
Han wahl no bätter bȧra han få ligg å gones nȧlta'- He’ll get better, he’ll just have to lie down for a little while and thus improve himself, or as if coming to his senses a little.
Usage notes
This kind of bettering is of an unspecified kind that simply happens by iteself with time, as someone or something lies for a while.
Synonyms
Westrobothnian
Etymology
From Old Norse gor, gjǫr, from Proto-Germanic *gurą, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer-.
Pronunciation
Noun
8 n
- offal, intestines or contents of beast intestines; uncleanness, especially waste at slaughter
- pus, ichor
- nonsense
- as the first member of a compound, increasing the sense and meaning: absolutely, completely
- gårbläut, gårblot ― completely wet
- gårlat ― very lazy
- gårsnål ― extremely stingy
Derived terms
Westrobothnian
Etymology
go (“good”) + ti (“time”) + viku (“week”)
Noun
8 f
- week with fewer chores
Westrobothnian
Etymology
From Old Norse gulr, from Proto-Germanic *gulaz. Compare Ostrobothnian gåḷa (indeclinable) and insular gåḷ.
Pronunciation
Adjective
8
- yellow
Category:gmq-bot:Colors
Westrobothnian
Etymology
From Old Norse greip. Related to griip.
Noun
8 f (definite graipa)
- Pitchfork.
Westrobothnian
Etymology
From Old Norse grannr.
Adjective
8 (neuter grannt, plural graann)
- Thin.
- Beautiful, fair.
Usage notes
In the sense “beautiful” also compared using forms of fager.
Westrobothnian
Adjective
8
- Belonging to the neighbours.
- Husa i grannars gåln stå i en knóda.
- The houses in neighbouring farm stand packed.
- Hä var grannars far’n dill å håll prästa i år men han hadd int’ na dill å påhåll.
- It was the father of the house in the neighbouring farm's turn to be priest-host (during house hearings) this year, but he lacked what was required.
- Han snippä dill grannars far’n.
- He made a quick visit to the father in the neighbouring house.
Westrobothnian
Etymology
grav + bakk
Noun
8 m
- cemetery, burial site
Synonyms
Category:gmq-bot:Burial
Westrobothnian
Noun
Template:gmq-bot-noun
- Mantel.
Synonyms
Westrobothnian
Etymology
From Old Norse greiða, from Proto-Germanic *garaidijaną (“to arrange, set in order”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /²ɡre̞ɪ̯ː/, /²ɡräɪ̯ː/, /²ɡreɪ̯ːd/, /ɡräɪ̯ːr/
- Rhymes: -èɪːð
Verb
8 (preterite greidd, supine greidt)
- (transitive) To sort out something.
- (transitive) To find out something.
- (reflexive) To get out of thick forest or thickets.
- (reflexive) To get out of a difficult situation.
Derived terms
Westrobothnian
Etymology
Compare Old English garevan; Low German Greeven, Greven pl, High German Grieben, Griefen, Greifen pl, Old High German griupo, griebo m, Middle High German griebe m, English graves, gravy; probably related to the lost strong verb *griuban (*gráub, *grubun) “pigere, coquere” (Grimm.)
Pronunciation
Noun
8 m (definite greifwen)
- The hard residue after melting tallow, which can be prepared as a dish.
Westrobothnian
Etymology
From Old Norse grein, verbal noun of grína, see grin.
Pronunciation
Noun
8 f (definite singular greina)
- crotch, fork
- ja sto ti vattnen jäms ve grena
- I stood in water up to the crotch
Westrobothnian
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *granō.
Pronunciation
Noun
8 f (definine singular grena, plural greni, definite plural grenjen)
- Spruce.
Derived terms
Westrobothnian
Etymology
From Old Norse gripi, from the root of grípa (“to grab”) = griip.
Noun
8 m (definite singular grepan, definite plural grepana)
- A handle, a grip, an ear.
Derived terms
Westrobothnian
Etymology
From griip (“to grasp”).
Verb
8
- to walk carefully, step by step
Westrobothnian
Noun
8 f (definite grisvogna)
- pig rearing
- han drägs vä grisvogna
- he raises pigs
Westrobothnian
Noun
8 f
- nominative/accusative definite feminine singular of grisvogn
Westrobothnian
Etymology
From Old Norse gróf, from Proto-Germanic *grōbō. Cognate with English greave, groove.
Pronunciation
Noun
gro´f f (definite singular gro´fwă, definite plural grōfwĕn)
- A ditch.
- lang grofwa ― the/a long ditch
- A valley, ravine.
References
Westrobothnian
Adjective
8
- Alternative form of grånn
Noun
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- Alternative form of grånn
Westrobothnian
Etymology
From Old Norse grófr, from Middle Low German grof, from Proto-Germanic *grubaz.
Noun
8 (neuter grofft, comparative gropänä, superlative gropäst)
- coarse
- Synonym: grótt
Derived terms
Westrobothnian
Etymology
grop + -leitt
Adjective
8
- who has rough skin, face