saukjån

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See also: saukjan

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse sjautján, from Proto-Germanic *sebuntehun.

Numeral

saukjån

  1. (dialectal) seventeen
    Synonym: sytten
    • 1990, Bygdebok for Modalen herad, Sogenemnda, page 99:
      saukjån par me spùrva
      seventeen pairs of sparrows