merkeleg

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

  • merskle (eye dialect spelling, Trøndelag)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Norse merkiligr. Compare Swedish märklig, Danish mærkelig and Norwegian Bokmål merkelig.

Pronunciation

Adjective

merkeleg (indefinite singular merkeleg, definite singular and plural merkelege, comparative merkelegare, indefinite superlative merkelegast, definite superlative merkelegaste)

  1. strange
    Det var ein merkeleg stein.
    That was a strange rock.

Adverb

merkeleg

  1. strangely, oddly
    Merkeleg nok gjekk det bra.
    Oddly enough, it went well.

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