knota

• knote
• (to complain): knauta (dialectal)

Related to knøteleg. First attested in 1698 by Jonas Ramus (Green).

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• IPA^(key): /knuːta/

knota (present tense knotar, past tense knota, past participle knota, passive infinitive knotast, present participle knotande, imperative knota/knot)

1. to use an unnatural language with the intention to seem more mannered or refined
2. to speak another dialect of a higher social status (esp. imitate Oslo dialect)
3. (about women, dated) to pretend to be arrogant
4. to struggle

   Synonym: streva

5. to complain

   Synonym: klaga

6. (rare) to decorate

• danska (“to put Danish words into Norwegian in order to give a higher social status to the speech”)
• fordanska (“Danicize”)
• leggja om (“to code-switch dialect”)

• “knota” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
• “knota” in Ivar Aasen (1873) Norsk Ordbog med dansk Forklaring
• Alf Eriksen (1996), Ord og uttrykk frå Dovre (in Norwegian Nynorsk), page 107

knota c

1. (a bone that ends in) a thick joint (like on a thighbone or humerus)

knota (present knotar, preterite knotade, supine knotat, imperative knota)

1. to grumble, to murmur (complain under one's breath)

   Synonyms: knorra, murra

• muttra

• knota in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• knota in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• knota in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)