angje

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Partial calque of Norwegian Bokmål angi, after Middle Low German angeven. Cognates also include German angeben.

Alternative forms

• angi, angjeva, angjeve

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²ɑnˌjeː/ (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this pronunciation?)

Verb

angje (present tense angjev, past tense angav, past participle angjeve, passive infinitive angjevast, present participle angjevande, imperative angje)

1. to give, state (information)
2. to inform against (someone)

Etymology 2

From Old Norse angi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²ɑŋ.jə/, /²ɑɲ.jə/

Noun

angje m (plural angjen)

1. (pre-1901 (Landsmål) or dialectal) alternative form of ange (“sweet odour”)
   • 1904, Jon Bjørgulvsson Rysstad, Bjørkemaal, Oslo: Norli, page 25:

     Der æ angjen baa søt aa rein

     There, the fumes are both sweet and clean

References

• “angje” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
• Ivar Aasen (1850) “Angje”, in Ordbog over det norske Folkesprog‎^[1] (in Danish), Oslo: Samlaget, published 2000