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Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse nafn, from Proto-Germanic *namô, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ (“name”).
Noun
nabn n (plural nabn or nobn)
- (dialectal) alternative form of namn (“name”)
2002 January 17, “Mange slags brødre”, in Solabladet, page 8:Eg […] sae ifrå om atte personen med mitt nabn […] nok ikkje va meg.- I told that the person with my name likely wasn't me.
1929 June 24, “Frå Klepp”, in Stavanger aftenblad, page 7:Di he alt funne nogå rare blomma ifrå oldtia å vikingtiå, men nobnå æ så gammaldags, at de forstår di visst ikkje […]- They've already found some weird flowers from antiquity and the Viking age, but their names are so oldy, that they don't understand them
1853, Ivar Aasen, “12. Gjentaa i Lyklahaugen.”, in Prøver af Landsmaalet i Norge, Christiania: Trykt hos Carl C. Werner & Comp., page 25:Mann' henna han eitte Brenthodn, men dei andre nobni kann eg ikkje hugsa.- Her husband was called Brenthodn, but I don't remember the other names.
References
- Ivar Aasen (1850) “Namn”, in Ordbog over det norske Folkesprog (in Danish), Oslo: Samlaget, published 2000