bjørneboke

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Etymology

From bjørn +‎ boke. Literally, “bear lard”.

(deer's hair): First attested in 1786 by Hans Jacob Wille in his Beskrivelse over Sillejords Præstegjeld spelled as Biønne-Vaaku (probably with misspelling because of similarity between V and B in fraktur font).

(thread rush): As a "swamp root" mentioned by Nils Svenungssen in 1812 in his glossary Det norske Fjeldsprog from north-western Telemark, spelled as Bjønbooku, but in the next line of his glossary he mentions lard of bear, spelled differently for unknown reason.

Noun

bjørneboke f (definite singular bjørneboka, indefinite plural bjørneboker, definite plural bjørnebokene)

  1. (Telemark, Setesdal) synonym of bjørneskjegg (“deer's hair”)
  2. (Vinje in Telemark) thread rush (Juncus filiformis)
  3. (uncountable) bear lard

References

  • Høeg, O. A. (1974), Planter og tradisjon (in Norwegian Bokmål), pages 589-590.
  • Olav Klonteig (2000), Fjellbygder i attersyn (in Norwegian Nynorsk), page 160
  • “bjørneboke”, in Norsk Ordbok: ordbok over det norske folkemålet og det nynorske skriftmålet, Oslo: Samlaget, 1950-2016
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