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Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse nár (“corpse; a dead person”), from Proto-Germanic *nawiz (“corpse”), from Proto-Indo-European *neh₂wis (“corpse”), from *neh₂w- (“death; corpse”).
Pronunciation
Noun
nåe m (definite singular nåen, indefinite plural nåer, definite plural nåene)
- (chiefly dialectal) a corpse (a dead human body)
- Synonyms: dødning, lik
References
- “nåe” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “nåe” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
Anagrams
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse nár, from Proto-Germanic *nawiz, from Proto-Indo-European *neh₂wis (“corpse”).
Noun
nåe m (definite singular nåen, indefinite plural nåar, definite plural nåane)
- corpse
References
- “nåe” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.