innfatte
Norwegian Bokmål
editEtymology
editinn- + fatte, first part from the word inn (“in, inside, into”), from Old Norse inn (“in, into”), from Proto-Germanic *inn (“in, into”), from *in (“in, into”), from Proto-Indo-European *in. Last part from Middle Low German vaten.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editinnfatte (imperative innfatt, present tense innfatter, passive innfattes, simple past and past participle innfatta or innfattet, present participle innfattende, verbal noun innfatning)
- (transitive) to set; enclose (frame with and attach to the edge of something)
- 1909, Henrik Ibsen, Efterladte Skrifter I, page 474:
- [vinduer] indfattede med bly
- [windows] framed with lead
- 1939, Max Mauser, En hai følger båten, page 18:
- Meissener-porselen innfattet i gull og sort fløiel
- Meissener porcelain set in gold and black velvet
- (figuratively) to enframe (to enclose in, or as if in, a frame)
- Synonym: innramme
- 1958, H.P. L’Orange, Fra principat til dominat, page 94:
- de to søylerekker som innfatter midtskibets søylegate
- the two rows of columns that enframe the nave's column street
- 2000, Torgrim Eggen, Pynt, page 58:
- de høye skapene skal innfatte benken, slik jeg ser det for meg
- the tall cupboards should include the bench, as I see it
References
edit- “innfatte” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “innfatte” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
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