flyndre
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Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse flyðra, from Proto-Germanic *flunþrijǭ.
Noun
flyndre f or m (definite singular flyndra or flyndren, indefinite plural flyndrer, definite plural flyndrene)
- a flounder
References
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Norse flyðra, from Proto-Germanic *flunþrijǭ.
Noun
flyndre f (definite singular flyndra, indefinite plural flyndrer, definite plural flyndrene)
- a flounder
- 1906, Rasmus Løland, Kvitebjørnen, Kristiania: Gyldendalske Boghandel/Nordisk Forlag, page 32:
- «Og kjeften hans er som du skulde sjaa kjeften paa ei flundra[.]»
- "And his mouth is as if you'd watch the mouth of a flounder."
Derived terms
References
- “flyndre” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.