nåvå

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Noun

nåvvå m (definite singular nåvvån, definite singular dative nævam, indefinite plural næva, definite plural nåvånn, definite plural dative nåvvåm)

  1. (dialectal, Trøndelag) alternative form of neve (“fist”)
    • 1698, Jonas Ramus (Green), Ordsamling:
      Stor nofvo, som alt vil hofvo, inkie vil giofvo
      A big fist, which wants to have everything, (but) wants nothing to give
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