meldaling

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• meddaleng (dialectal, Trøndelag)
• medaling, middaling (nonstandard)

Etymology

From Meldal +‎ -ing.

Noun

meldaling m (definite singular meldalingen, indefinite plural meldalingar, definite plural meldalingane)

1. a person from Meldal in south-western Trøndelag (usually, from the village itself, not from the whole municipality)
2. the dialect spoken in the village of Meldal
3. the dialect spoken in the municipality of Meldal (excluding Løkken Verk and Bjørnli, and areas around lakes Orvatnet and Frilsjøn) and some parts of Rennebu