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Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse flóki.
Noun
floke m (definite singular floken, indefinite plural floker, definite plural flokene)
- a tangle, knot (e.g. in hair)
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En ting var sikkert: Det måtte være en som var kjent på den svingete floken av veier rundt huset der Dana bodde.- One thing was certain: It must be one that was known in the tangle of winding roads around the house where Dana lived.
- a complication, difficulty, problem
References
- “floke” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “floke_2” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse flóki.
Noun
floke m (definite singular floken, indefinite plural flokar, definite plural flokane)
- a tangle, knot (e.g. in hair)
- a complication, difficulty, problem
References