rensel

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From renna +‎ -sel, compare Swedish ränsel. First attested in 1698.

Noun

rensel n (definite singular renselet, indefinite plural rensel, definite plural rensla)

  1. pain, which is moving from place to place in the body (or in a part of the body)

References

  • “rensel” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
  • “rensl” in Ivar Aasen (1873) Norsk Ordbog med dansk Forklaring
  • Nikolai Kristian Kjenstad (1993), Snåsamålet (in Norwegian)
  • Johan Hveding (1968), Håløygsk ordsamling (in Norwegian Nynorsk), page 98