ymist
See also: ýmist
Faroese edit
Adjective edit
ymist
Norwegian Bokmål edit
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ymist
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse ýmist. Neuter of ymis.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
ymist
- neuter singular of ymis
- 1891, Elias Blix, “Gud signe vaart dyre Fedraland”, in Nokre salmar, 4th edition, Kristiania: Samlaget, page 242:
- Um Sædet enn gror paa ymist Lag
- Even if the seed grows on variable ground
Adverb edit
ymist
- in different, various or alternating way(s); differently
- 1929, Lars Eskeland, Therese Neumann frå Konnersreuth, Oslo: Aschehoug, page 35:
- Stødt og stendig kom det same spursmålet uppatt: Var det eit under? Svari fall og fell ymist.
- Ready and steadily the same question arose: Was it a miracle? The answers fell and fall differently.
- 1883, Arne Garborg, Bondestudentar, Bergen: Nygaard, page 166:
- Dei byrjad med Professorane, som vart ymist dømde; Ortvedt fortalde Smaasogur um dei, og Hærland dømde dei vitenskapelegt.
- They began with the professor, who were judged differently; Ortvedt told stories about them, Hærland judged them scientifically.
- somehow
- Synonym: eikorleis
- sometimes, now and then, sometimes
Noun edit
ymist n
Pronoun edit
ymist n
- various, different, uncertain and/or unspecified things; some good, some bad
- 1890, Oddmund Vik, Ole Bull, Bergen: Litleré, page 271:
- Men mann imillom høyrdest fulla ymist.
- But in private, various things were definitely heard.
- an indefinite amount; some
- Synonym: noko
References edit
- “ymis” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.