anelse
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
ane + -else, verbal noun form of ane (“guess, sense; suspect”), from Low German anen. Last part from West Germanic loanwords, from Middle Low German -nisse, from Old Saxon -nissi, from Proto-West Germanic *-nassī (forms abstract nouns), from *-nass, from Proto-Germanic *-inassuz + *-ī, from Proto-Germanic *-į̄, from Proto-Indo-European *-i-h₂, from *-h₂ (creates collective nouns).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
anelse m (definite singular anelsen, indefinite plural anelser, definite plural anelsene)
- the act of guessing, sensing, suspecting; a clue, idea
- Synonyms: anen, aning
- ikke ha anelse om; ha ingen anelse om ― have no idea about; have no knowledge of
- 1888, Henrik Ibsen, Fruen fra havet, page 68:
- det har ofte skudt op i mig som en anelse
- It has often shot up in me as a clue
- 1907, Johan Sebastian Welhaven, Samlede Digterverker II, page 37:
- saaledes daler i dit varme indre en himmelsk anelse
- Thus, in your warm inner a celestial clue
- 1880, Jonas Lie, Rutland, page 219:
- det var, som noget trykkede hende … en eller anden tung anelse
- It was, as something pressed her ... some kind of heavy sense
- 1907, Johan Sebastian Welhaven, Samlede Digterverker III, page 122:
- kunsten … løser smilende af tvilens aag, hvad der er gjemt som anelse hos folket
- The art ... solves smiling of doubt and, what is hidden as sense with the people
- 1926, Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, Samlede Digte II, page 184:
- i fineste anelsens støvfrø
- in the finest sense's dust seed
- 1926, Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, Samlede Digte II, page 206:
- en ny verden, dit, deres anelse stod
- a new world, there, their idea stood
- 1919, Nils Collett Vogt, Digte i utvalg, page 118:
- utenfor templet i anelsers vaar du stod
- you stood outside the temple in our wondering
- 1994, Knut Hamsun, Knut Hamsuns brev I, page 100:
- Ibsen har geniale anelser, han har allerede i «Kejser og Galilæer» antydet noget om et «tredje Rige»
- Ibsen has ingenious suspicions, he has already in "Emperor and Galileans" suggested something about a "third Kingdom"
- 2000, Karin Sveen, Klassereise:
- jeg hadde en viss anelse om den klassiske musikkens betydning for å bli et dannet menneske
- I had some idea of the significance of classical music for becoming an educated human being
- 2000, Trude Marstein, Plutselig høre noen åpne en dør:
- Tonje har ingen anelse om hva jeg snakker om
- Tonje has no idea what I'm talking about
- 1928, Helge Krog, Blåpapiret, page 27:
- du har altså ingen anelse om hvem det er?
- so you have no idea who it is?
- 1909, Henrik Ibsen, Efterladte Skrifter I, page 386:
- han har ikke den fjerneste anelse om, at vi er forlovede
- he does not have the faintest idea that we are engaged
- 2003, Thorvald Steen, Fra Reykholt til Bosporus:
- jeg [har] opplevd folk si at man ikke hadde anelse om at jødene ble deportert til konsentrasjonsleirene
- I [have] experienced people say that they had no idea that the Jews were deported to the concentration camps
- a very weak occurrence (of something)
- 1903, Otto Sverdrup, Nyt Land I, page 83:
- vi [kunne] se en svag lysning paa de høieste fjelde, en anelse af dæmring i syd
- we [could] see a faint clearing on the highest mountains, a hint of twilight in the south
- 2000, Trude Marstein, Plutselig høre noen åpne en dør:
- jeg tror han himler en anelse med øynene
- I think he rolls his eyes a little
- 2006, Torbjørn Færøvik, Buddhas barn:
- smaken [på risvinen] er rund og en anelse søtlig
- the taste [of the rice wine] is round and slightly sweet