angre
Middle English
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Noun
[edit]angre
- Alternative form of anger
Etymology 2
[edit]Verb
[edit]angre
- Alternative form of angren
Norwegian Bokmål
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Norse angra (“to annoy", "grieve", "vex”), from angr (“injury", "harm", "grieve”). Compare Norwegian Bokmål anger and English anger.
Pronunciation
[edit]Audio (Standard East Norwegian): (file)
Verb
[edit]angre (imperative angr or angre, present tense angrer, simple past and past participle angra or angret, present participle angrende)
- to regret (feel sorry about some past thing), repent
- Hjelper du meg, vil du ikke angre (på) det.
- If you help me, you will not regret it.
- Angre derfor og vend om, så syndene deres blir strøket ut. (from the Bible, Acts of the Apostles, chapt. 3, vers 19)
- Therefore, repent and turn back, so as your sins may be blotted out.
- Han angret seg da han så hva som hadde skjedd.
- He regretted it when he saw what had happened.
- Dette kommer du til å angre på!
- You'll be sorry (for this). or You'll regret this.
- Hjelper du meg, vil du ikke angre (på) det.
Synonyms
[edit]- bebreide seg selv, begråte, beklage, fortryte, gjøre bot, gremme seg, krype til korset, sørge over, trege, være lei for, ønske ugjort
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “angre” in The Ordnett Dictionary
- “angre” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “anger”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Norse angra (“to annoy", "grieve", "vex”), from angr (“injury", "harm", "grieve”). Compare with anger and English anger.
Pronunciation
[edit]Audio (Standard East Norwegian): (file)
Verb
[edit]angre (present tense angrar, past tense angra, past participle angra, passive infinitive angrast, present participle angrande, imperative angre/angr)
- to regret (feel sorry about some past thing), repent
- Hjelper du meg, skal du ikkje angre (på) det.
- If you help me, you will not regret it.
- Angra difor og vend om, så syndene dykkar kan strykast ut. (from the Bible, Acts of the Apostles, chapt. 3, vers 19)
- Therefore, repent and turn back, so as your sins may be blotted out.
- Han angra seg då han såg kva som hadde skjedd.
- He regretted it when he saw what had happened.
- Dette kjem du til å angre på!
- You'll be sorry (for this). or You'll regret this.
- Hjelper du meg, skal du ikkje angre (på) det.
Synonyms
[edit]- laste seg sjølv, orsake, fortryte, gjere bot, gremje seg, krype til krossen, sørgje over, trege, vere lei for, ønskje ugjort
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “angre” in The Ordnett Dictionary
- “angre” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
- Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “anger”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
Torres Strait Creole
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]angre
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