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Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse barki.
Pronunciation
Noun
barkje m (plural barkjen)
- (pre-1901 (Landsmål) or dialectal) alternative form of barke (“windpipe”)
- Synonyms: strupe, luftrøyr
1915, Johannes Skar, Sogur (Gamalt or Sætesdal; 7), volume II, Kristiania: Norli, page 11:Daa sprang der ein Rev, og han hadde bite Barkjen av Jomfruva og ho laag ned-i Tilet og blødde.- Then sprang up a fox, and it had bitt off the windpipe of the maiden and she lat down in the bleeding.
References
- Rybakken, Ola T. (2000) Ord frå bygdemålet i Øyer og Tretten (in Norwegian Nynorsk), Øyer og Tretten historielag, page 19
- Jan Grebstad, editor (1999), Ord og uttrykk i Sykkylven (in Norwegian Nynorsk), Sykkylven sogenemnd, page 21
- Gamle ord og uttrykk frå Rauland og Øyfjell (in Norwegian Nynorsk), Rauland mållag; Rauland historielag, 1996, page 75
- Eriksen, Alf (1996) Ord og uttrykk frå Dovre (in Norwegian Nynorsk), Dovre kommune, page 28
- Røthe, Eirik (1994) Vossamålet i ord og vendingar (in Norwegian Nynorsk), page 17
- Heringstad, Sigrid (1978) Heidalsmålet (in Norwegian Nynorsk), Dølaringen boklag, page 58
- Ivar Aasen (1850) “Barkje”, in Ordbog over det norske Folkesprog (in Danish), Oslo: Samlaget, published 2000