skinnvengje

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Etymology

From skinn (“hide”) +‎ vengje (“wing”).

Before Ivar Aasen, attested by Christen Jensøn in Askvoll (1646), Hans Jacob Wille in Seljord (1786), Erik Pontoppidan in Bergen (1749), Søren Richart Hagerup around Surnadal (1770-s) and Jacob Nicolai Wilse in Spydeberg (1780).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²ʃɪnˌʋɛnjə/

Noun

skinnvengje f (definite singular skinnvengja, indefinite plural skinnvengjer, definite plural skinnvengjene)

  1. a bat (small flying mammal)
    • 1890, Arne Garborg, Kolbotn-Brev:
      Endaa naar han flyg er det som han var rædd; han flyg utan Ljod, kvævt og stilt som ei Skinnvengje.
      Even when it flies it is as if it were scared; it flies without sound, weakly and silently like a bat.

Synonyms

References

  • “skinnvengje” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
  • “skinnvengje” in Ivar Aasen (1873) Norsk Ordbog med dansk Forklaring
  • Torleiv Hannaas (1915), Ældre norske Sprogminder : Christen Jensøns Den Norske Dictionarium (in Norwegian Nynorsk), page 70
  • Hans Jacob Wille (1786), Beskrivelse over Sillejords Præstegield (in Norwegian Nynorsk)
  • Erik Pontoppidan den yngre (1749), Glossarium Norvagicum (in Danish)
  • 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 58
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