til meins

Norwegian Nynorsk

Prepositional phrase

(predicatively) harmful, counterproductive, worse
han er meir til meins enn til gangs
it is more harmful than useful
in a manner to make it worse; counterproductively

Usage notes

Same use as til mein, except that til meins is much less common in folk songs and magic spells, despite it having a more archaic trace (the fossilized case ending).