sengra
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
Perhaps anciently related to English singe.
Verb edit
sengra (present tense sengrar, past tense sengra, past participle sengra, passive infinitive sengrast, present participle sengrande, imperative sengra/sengr)
- (obsolete, intransitive) to smell burnt
References edit
- Eskeland, Lars (1948) “sengra”, in Norsk rettskrivings-ordbok [Norwegian Orthographic Dictionary] (in Norwegian Nynorsk)
- Skard, Matias (1901) “sengra”, in Landsmaals-ordlista med rettleiding um skrivemaaten (in Norwegian Nynorsk), Kristiania: Aschehoug