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Danish
Etymology
From Old Danish almughe, from Old Norse almúgi, almúgr, consists of the two words, al (“all”) + mue (“mass”) (obsolete). Literally entire mass of people. Word only found in North Germanic languages.
Cognates
Swedish allmoge, Norwegian Nynorsk ålmuge, Icelandic almúgi, Faroese almúgi.
Pronunciation
Noun
almue c (singular definite almuen, not used in plural form)
- (chiefly historical) farmer population "common folk" "lower class" (occasionally offensive)
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