Ørst

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Ørst f (definite Ørsta, definite dative (Sunnmøre) Ørstinne)

1. indefinite singular of Ørsta
   • 1853, Ivar Aasen, Prøver af Landsmaalet i Norge [Samples of Norway’s National Language], Christiania: Printed at Carl. C. Werner and Co., →OCLC, page 18:

     der ser du ein stor’e Gar, so ligg’e so lettbært i ein Bakkje midt i Dal’a; den Garin eite Aam, aa d’ æ ein ta støste Garaa baade i Ørst og Vold.

     there you see a large farm, that lies open in a slope in the middle of the valley; that farm is called Åm, and it is one of the largest farms in both Ørst and Vold.