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)
- 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