løyeleg

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse hlœgiligr, whence also Swedish löjlig, Danish løjerlig/løjlig and Icelandic hlægilegur, derived from Proto-Germanic *hlōgijaną. By surface analysis, løyen +‎ -leg.

Attested by Jacob Nicolai Wilse in 1780 in his Spydeberg dialect dictionary, spelled as løllig (later confirmed by Ivar Aasen giving form lølli for the same dialect area). The ending -ligt is attested by Søren Richart Hagerup in the 1770-s probably in Surnadal, and in modern Snåsa dialect as well.

Adjective

løyeleg (indefinite singular løyeleg, definite singular and plural løyelege, comparative løyelegare, indefinite superlative løyelegast, definite superlative løyelegaste)

  1. funny
  2. ridiculous

References

  • “løyeleg” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
  • “løgleg” in Ivar Aasen (1873) Norsk Ordbog med dansk Forklaring
  • Alf Eriksen (1996), Ord og uttrykk frå Dovre (in Norwegian Nynorsk), page 130
  • J.N. Wilse (1780), Norſk Ordbog eller Samling af norſke Ord, i ſær de ſom bruges i Egnen af Spydeberg (in Danish)
  • Jan Ragnar Hagland (1986), Trønderord frå 1700-talet : Ordsamling frå Surnadal, page 46
  • Nikolai Kristian Kjenstad (1993), Snåsamålet (in Norwegian)
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