einmenning

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse einmenningr, equivalent to ein +‎ -menning. Compare tremenning (second cousin).

Adverb

einmenning

  1. (historical) alone
    drikka einmenningto drink alone, from each their own drinking horn or vessel

Noun

einmenning m (definite singular einmenningen, indefinite plural einmenningar, definite plural einmenningane)

  1. 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.
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  2. a tool that one person can use alone
  3. (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

  1. accusative singular of einmenningr m