båing

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• båeng
• boing
• baading

Etymology

By surface analysis, båe +‎ -ing. If inherited may be related to English badling.

Noun

båing m (definite singular båingen, indefinite plural båingar, definite plural båingane)

1. (dialectal, dated) A hermaphrodite, or a person who transgresses norms of gender, sex, or sexuality.
   • 1974, Jens Haukdal, Busetnad og folkeliv i Sokndal‎^[1], Midtre Gauldal kommune, page 10:

     Gjertru var meir enn vanleg stor og breivaksen. Folkedrøset ville ha det til at ho var boing.

     Gjertru was bigger and broader than a normal woman. The town gossiped that she might be a hermaphrodite.

2. (by extension) Something that possesses two opposing qualities.

References

• [2] in Skeivt arkiv