almue

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Danish

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Etymology

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From Old Danish almughe, from Old Norse almúgi, almúgr, consists of the two words, al (all) +‎ mue (mass) (obsolete). Literally entire mass of people. Word only found in North Germanic languages.

Cognates

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Swedish allmoge, Norwegian Nynorsk ålmuge, Icelandic almúgi, Faroese almúgi.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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almue c (singular definite almuen, not used in plural form)

  1. (chiefly historical) farmer population "common folk" "lower class" (occasionally offensive)

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