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Danish
Etymology
From old- + nordisk.
Pronunciation
Adjective
oldnordisk (plural and definite singular attributive oldnordiske)
- Old Norse (of or pertaining to the Old Norse language, referring normally to the Old Icelandic variant and the texts written in it)
- Synonym: norrøn
- (derogatory) antiquated and primitive
2015, Claes Blom, Drømmefængslet, Claes Blom, →ISBN:... indtil han fandt det han søgte på den oldnordiske computer.- ... until he found what he was looking for on the ancient computer.
1998, Bogmarkedet:Bevæbnet med så oldnordiske undervisningsredskaber som kridt og tavle ...- Armed with such ancient teaching aids as chalk and blackboard ...
1969, Det Danske bogmarked:Jeg er klar over , at de rabiate billed- og lydmennesker (de såkaldte av-folk) vil finde dette yderst oldnordisk.- I am aware that the rabid image- and sound-people (the so-called AV people) will find this extremely primitive.
Noun
oldnordisk n (uninflected)
- Old Norse (i.e. Old Icelandic)
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