grantopp
Norwegian Bokmål
editEtymology
editgran + topp, first part from Old Norse grǫn (“spruce, pine tree”), from Proto-Germanic *granō (“awn, bristles”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrān- (“edge, end, tip”). Last part from Old Norse toppr, from Proto-Germanic *tuppaz (“tuft, top, summit”), either a secondary formation from *tebō, *tappaz (“tuft, knot, peg”), or from earlier *tumpaz with irregular development *mp > *pp, from Proto-Indo-European *dewmb- (“penis, tail, rod”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editgrantopp m (definite singular grantoppen, indefinite plural grantopper, definite plural grantoppene)
- the crown of a Norway spruce
- 1852, Henrik Wergeland, Samlede Skrifter I, page 116:
- [en irisk] i granetop har søde drossels barm med sang at føde
- [an irish] in the top of a spruce has sweet thrushes bosom with song to give birth
- 1848, Johan Sebastian Welhaven, Samlede Digterverker III, page 157:
- men hør! – hvad er det, som kan runge med malmets klang i granetop?
- but listen! - what is it that can resonate with the sound of the ore in the spruce top?
- 1909, Henrik Ibsen, Efterladte Skrifter I, page 61:
- grantoppens susen
- the whistle of the spruce crown
- 1964, Alf Prøysen, Den grønne votten, page 9:
- den røde nyttårssola lyste over grantoppene i baklia
- the red New Year's sun shone over the spruce tops in the back
- 1959, Axel Jensen, Line, page 279:
- lyset flyter som silkebånd mellom grantoppene
- the light flows like silk ribbons between the spruce tops
- 1997, Tove Nilsen, G for Georg, pages 15–16:
- de rapper hønseegg og klatrer opp i skjærereir med dem i håp om at det skal si kykeliky fra grantoppene
- they grab chicken eggs and climb into cutting nests with them in the hope that it will say cock-a-doodle-doo from the spruce tops
- 1999, Kim Småge, Koksbiter og trollsplint:
- høre de melankolske trillene til svarttrosten øverst i grantoppen
- hear the melancholy trills of the blackbird at the top of the spruce top
- 1991, Tormod Haugen, Øglene kommer:
- månen var borte bak grantoppene
- the moon was gone behind the spruce tops
- 2003, Per Petterson, Ut og stjæle hester:
- jeg så opp og så grantoppene svaie og piske mot hverandre
- I looked up and saw the spruce tops swaying and whipping towards each other
References
edit- “grantopp” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
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