kvæinn

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Palatalized form of kvern, first attested in Christen Jenssøn’s dictionary (1646) and in Nordlands Trompet spelled as Qvæin, Qvæinna, Queinna etc.

Noun

kvæinn f

  1. (dialectal, Trøndelag, Nordnorsk, Eastern Norway, Sunnfjord) pronunciation spelling of kvern (“mill”)
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.