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Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Past participle of sandmale. Alternatively construed as a compound of sand (“sand”) + male (“to grind”).
Participle
sandmalen (neuter sandmale, definite singular and plural sandmalne)
- (usually of a millstone or similar) ground with sand (as to hone it)
1973, Sogn og Fjordane i manns minne: Daglegliv ved hundreårsskiftet, Oslo: Samlaget, page 77:Difor vart kverna av og til sandmalen, eller òg hoggen.- That's why, on occation, the grindstone was honed, or even cut.
1924, Johannes Barstad, Kristelege barnesogor, volume 3, Bergen: Lunde, page 25:I kvernhuset fann dei, at kverni maatta hava kleimt seg og trong um aa verta sandmali.- In the millhouse, they found that the mill must have jammed, and had to be sanded.