bjørnevok
Norwegian Nynorsk
editAlternative forms
edit- bjørnevake
- bjørnevòk
Etymology
editFrom Old Norse bjarnvardsvaka (literally “Bjarnvard's wake”). The former part is named after Barnardino of Siena (1380–1444), but was later reanalyzed as bjørn (“bear”). The latter is equivalent to vòke, from vǫku, the oblique singular of Old Norse vaka.
Noun
editbjørnevok f (definite singular bjørnevoka, indefinite plural bjørnevoker, definite plural bjørnevokene)
- feast of St Bernardine (held on May 20)
References
edit- “bjørnevok” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Categories:
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *kret-
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *weǵ-
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Old Norse
- Norwegian Nynorsk eponyms
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk feminine nouns
- nn:Calendar
- nn:Christianity