vadmål

See also: vaðmal, vaðmál, and wadmal

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

vadmål n

  1. form removed with the spelling reform of 2005; superseded by vadmel

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Dialectal forms

Etymology

From Old Norse vaðmál, from vað (“cloth”) +‎ mál (“measure”). Compare Swedish vadmal and Norwegian Bokmål vadmel. Attested in 1646 as Vandmol by Christen Jensøn from Askvoll. Attested as Waanmaal in 1698 by Jacob Laugesen Bork in Lofoten, but probably taken from dialects of Helgeland or Trøndelag.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vamːɔːl/, /vaːmɔːl/

Noun

vadmål n (definite singular vadmålet, indefinite plural vadmål, definite plural vadmåla)

  1. wadmal, wadmol

References

  • “vadmål” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
  • “vadmål” in Ivar Aasen (1873) Norsk Ordbog med dansk Forklaring
  • Torleiv Hannaas (1915), Ældre norske Sprogminder : Christen Jensøns Den Norske Dictionarium (in Norwegian Nynorsk), page 93
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