da han Adam gjætt i Skarrali’n

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Literally, “when Adam was a shepherd on the hillside by Skarå Creek”. Gjætt is apocope of gjette. Skarålia is a farm south-east of Løkken Verk in Norway, here used with dialectal case ending.

Phrase

da han Adam gjætt i Skarrali’n

(Trøndelag, dialectal spelling) long time ago, "when Adam was an oakum boy"

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