abildgrå
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
abild + grå, first part from Danish abild (“European crab apple”), from Old Danish apæld, from Old Norse apaldr (“apple tree”), from Proto-Germanic *apaldraz (“apple tree”). Last part from Old Norse grár (“grey, spiteful”), from Proto-Germanic *grēwaz (“grey”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰreh₁- (“to grow (of plants)”).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
abildgrå (neuter singular abildgrått, definite singular and plural abildgrå or abildgråe, comparative abildgråere, indefinite superlative abildgråest, definite superlative abildgråeste)
- (poetic, obsolete) white or light colour with gray spots; gray-spotted (of a horse)
- Synonyms: apalgrå, gråskimlete
- 1907, Johan Sebastian Welhaven, Samlede Digterverker III, page 197:
- hans ganger, den abildgraa, Grane kaldet
- his times, the gray-spotted, called Grane
Related terms edit
- abildblomst (“apple blossom”)
- abildgren (“apple tree branch”)
- abildgård (“apple orchard”)
- abildtre (“apple tree”)
References edit
- “abildgrå” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).