bunad

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Norwegian Bokmål

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girls wearing bunad

Etymology

Borrowed from Norwegian Nynorsk bunad, from Old Norse búnaðr. Equivalent to bo (“to live, stay, dwell”) +‎ -nad. Cognate with Swedish bonad (“tapestry”).

Noun

bunad m (definite singular bunaden, indefinite plural bunader, definite plural bunadene)

  1. a traditional Norwegian costume

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

From Old Norse búnaðr. Cognate with Swedish bonad (“tapestry”).

Pronunciation

Noun

bunad m (definite singular bunaden, indefinite plural bunader or bunadar, definite plural bunadene or bunadane)

  1. household, housekeeping
  2. clothing
    Synonyms: klede, klednad, kledning
    1. one of the traditional Norwegian folk costumes; bunad
    2. any traditional folk costume
      Synonym: folkedrakt

Inflection

Historical inflection of bunad
indefinite singular definite singular indefinite plural definite plural
Aasen1 Bunad Bunaden Bunadar Bunadarne
1901 bunadarne (bunadane)
1917 bunadane
1959 bunader bunadene
1995 bunader bunadene
2012 (current) bunad bunaden bunadar, bunader bunadane, bunadene

Forms in italics are currently considered non-standard. Forms in were official, but considered second-tier. Forms in (parentheses) were allowed under Midlandsnormalen. 1Nouns were capitalised for most of the 19th century.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Norwegian Bokmål: bunad

References

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