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Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse steinn, from Proto-Germanic *stainaz.
Noun
steidn m (definite singular steidn)
- (dialectal) alternative form of stein (“stone, rock”)
1853, Ivar Aasen, Prøver af Landsmaalet i Norge, Christiania: Trykt hos Carl C. Werner & Comp., page 47:Daa va dæ ein Rese, saa gjekk oppaa Lifjedl'e aa tog sæg ein stor'e Steidn aa kasta […]- Then there was a troll that climbed the Lifjedl; he took a big rock and hurled