badstove
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Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- badstogu (Midlandsnormalen)
- badstova (pre-2012)
- badstoge, badstugu, badstaue, badståg, badstaug, badstu (dialectal)
Etymology
[edit]From Old Norse baðstofa, from bað + stofa.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]badstove f (definite singular badstova, indefinite plural badstover, definite plural badstovene)
- a bathhouse
- Synonyms: laugestove, lusbadstove
- a sauna
- Synonym: risbadtove
- a drying kiln, used to dry corn and malt
- Synonyms: turkestove, turkehus, kylne, make, sonnhus
References
[edit]- “badstove” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
- “badstove”, in Norsk Ordbok: ordbok over det norske folkemålet og det nynorske skriftmålet, Oslo: Samlaget, 1950-2016
- “bastova” in Ivar Aasen (1873) Norsk Ordbog med dansk Forklaring