alskens

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse alls kyns, from allr (“all”) and kyn (“type, gender”). Cognate with Swedish allsköns, Faroese alskyns.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /alskəns/, [ˈalˀsɡ̊n̩s]

Adjective

alskens

1. all sorts of; many different kinds of
   • 1822, Carl Christian Rafn, Nordiske Kaempe-Historier: efter Islandske Haandskriften. Volsunga-Saga : eller Historien om Sigurd Fafnersbane, page 120:

     Saft af alskens Træer / Og af brændte Agern ...

     Juice from many different kinds of trees / And from burned acorns ...

   • 2013, Roberto Bolano, Nocturne fra Chile, Gyldendal A/S, →ISBN:

     ... hvor der i skyggen af nogle avocadotræer voksede alskens frugt og grønsager, ...

     ... where, in the shadow of some avocado trees, all kinds of fruits and vegetables grew, ...

   • 1829, Rordifte Fortios Gagaer, page 191:

     ... Sværde og Brynier og alskens Kongerustninger, Kong Sigmunds Skibe, som seilede langs med Landet, ...

     ... swords and suits of mail and all sorts of king-suits-of-armour, the ships of king Sigmund sailing along the coast, ...

   • 1827, Kong Olaf Tryggvesøns Saga ; Anden Deel, indtil Slutningen af Svølder Slaget: 2, page 81:

     Ansigtet, mørk i Sind, underfundig og snedig til alskens Bedragerier, ...

     The face, dark in mind, cunning and sly in the way of all sorts of treachery, ...

   • 2010, Søren Ryge Petersen, Julius' fødselsdag, Gyldendal A/S, →ISBN, page 36:

     Der var alskens fjerkræ i alskens småhytter ...

     There were all kinds of fowl in all kinds of little cottages ...

Synonyms

• alverdens, alle mulige

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Danish alskens, from Old Norse alls kyns (“all sorts”, genitive).

Adjective

alskens (singular and plural alskens)

1. all sorts of; many different kinds of

   Synonym: ymse

Related terms

• kjønn

References

• “alskens” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.