mjønn

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

mjønn f (definite singular mjønna, indefinite plural mjønnar or mjønner, definite plural mjønnane or mjønnene)

  1. (obsolete or dialectal) alternative form of mjødm f (“hip”)
    • 1955, Knut Liestøl, “Dei tri mostane”, in Reidar Th. Christiansen, editor, Knut Liestøl in memoriam, Oslo: Norli, page 47:
      Kungjen ha alle set slike mjønna på menniskje.
      The kning had never seen such hips on a human.
    • 1938, Profeten Esaias, Oslo: Det norske bibelselskap, page 75:
      Difyr er det at Moabs mjønnar bivrar[.]
      That is why Moab's hips shiver.

References

  • Ivar Aasen (1850) “Mjønn”, in Ordbog over det norske Folkesprog‎ (in Danish), Oslo: Samlaget, published 2000
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