prestekrage

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

  • prestkrage, prestkragje, prestekragje (non-standard spellings)
  • præstkrøggø (Engerdal dialect)
  • præstkrågå (dialectal)

Etymology

From prest (“priest”) +‎ -e- +‎ krage (“collar”). The botanical sense due to its similarity with a ruff, worn by Scandinavian priests until the 17th century. Cf. Swedish prästkrage. False friend of Danish præstekrave.

Noun

prestekrage m (definite singular prestekragen, indefinite plural prestekragar, definite plural prestekragane)

  1. (clothing) a white ruff when worn by a priest
  2. an oxeye daisy, Leucanthemum vulgare
  3. (dialectal or erroneously) synonym of balderbrå (“scentless mayweed”) (esp. in areas with no oxeye daisy)

Synonyms

Dialectal names of the oxeye daisy:

  • hatteblom (Setesdal and Nissedal)
  • herremannstopp (Selbu)
  • kappelan (also for scentless mayweed)
  • kragablom (Telemark)
  • prestgull (Rennebu)
  • prest
  • skjerblom (Gjerstad)

References

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