angje
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology 1 edit
Partial calque of Norwegian Bokmål angi, after Middle Low German angeven. Cognates also include German angeben.
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
angje (present tense angjev, past tense angav, past participle angjeve, passive infinitive angjevast, present participle angjevande, imperative angje)
Etymology 2 edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
angje m (plural angjen)
- (pre-1901 (Landsmål) or dialectal) alternative form of ange (“sweet odour”)
- 1904, Jon Bjørgulvsson Rysstad, Bjørkemaal, Oslo: Norli, page 25:
- Der æ angjen baa søt aa rein
- There, the fumes are both sweet and clean
References edit
- “angje” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
- Ivar Aasen (1850) “Angje”, in Ordbog over det norske Folkesprog[1] (in Danish), Oslo: Samlaget, published 2000