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Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse einmenningr, equivalent to ein + -menning. Compare tremenning (“second cousin”).
Adverb
einmenning
- (historical) alone
- drikka einmenning ― to drink alone, from each their own drinking horn or vessel
Noun
einmenning m (definite singular einmenningen, indefinite plural einmenningar, definite plural einmenningane)
- someone who sits alone, loner, recluse
1944, Ove Bakken, Idar Handagard:Som Welhaven er han ein gap og ein eremitt i same person, fanatisk einmenning og varmt samfunnsmenneske, åndsaristokratisk norskdomsmann og radikal folkestyre- og fredsven, rastlaus, rotlaus og heimlaus, men med ein brennande fedrelandskjærleik, nøktern naturvitskapsmann og kjenslerik diktar, noko av Goethe og noko av Heine.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- a tool that one person can use alone
- (humorous) sibling (akin to a zeroth cousin)
References
- “einmenning”, in Norsk Ordbok: ordbok over det norske folkemålet og det nynorske skriftmålet, Oslo: Samlaget, 1950-2016
Old Norse
Noun
einmenning
- accusative singular of einmenningr m