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Danish
Etymology
From Old Norse alls kyns, from allr (“all”) and kyn (“type, gender”). Cognate with Swedish allsköns, Faroese alskyns.
Pronunciation
Adjective
alskens
- all sorts of; many different kinds of
1822, Carl Christian Rafn, Nordiske Kaempe-Historier: efter Islandske Haandskriften. Volsunga-Saga : eller Historien om Sigurd Fafnersbane, page 120:Saft af alskens Træer / Og af brændte Agern ...- Juice from many different kinds of trees / And from burned acorns ...
2013, Roberto Bolano, Nocturne fra Chile, Gyldendal A/S, →ISBN:... hvor der i skyggen af nogle avocadotræer voksede alskens frugt og grønsager, ...- ... where, in the shadow of some avocado trees, all kinds of fruits and vegetables grew, ...
1829, Rordifte Fortios Gagaer, page 191:... Sværde og Brynier og alskens Kongerustninger, Kong Sigmunds Skibe, som seilede langs med Landet, ...- ... swords and suits of mail and all sorts of king-suits-of-armour, the ships of king Sigmund sailing along the coast, ...
1827, Kong Olaf Tryggvesøns Saga ; Anden Deel, indtil Slutningen af Svølder Slaget: 2, page 81:Ansigtet, mørk i Sind, underfundig og snedig til alskens Bedragerier, ...- The face, dark in mind, cunning and sly in the way of all sorts of treachery, ...
2010, Søren Ryge Petersen, Julius' fødselsdag, Gyldendal A/S, →ISBN, page 36:Der var alskens fjerkræ i alskens småhytter ...- There were all kinds of fowl in all kinds of little cottages ...
Synonyms
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Danish alskens, from Old Norse alls kyns (“all sorts”, genitive).
Adjective
alskens (singular and plural alskens)
- all sorts of; many different kinds of
- Synonym: ymse
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