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birkebeinar

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birkebeinarane

Etymology

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From earlier birkebein +‎ -ar, the first part from Old Norse birkibeinn (plural birkibeinar).[1][2] The un-suffixed form was made non-standard by an 2016 official spelling decision.[3]

Noun

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birkebeinar m (definite singular birkebeinaren, indefinite plural birkebeinarar, definite plural birkebeinarane)

  1. (history) a participant in an uprising in the 1170s Norway, and, in the following decades, an adherent to the successor political party.
  2. (sports, nonce word) a contestant or participant in any of the popular Birkebeiner races

Noun

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birkebeinar

  1. (non-standard since 2016) indefinite plural of birkebein

See also

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References

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  1. ^ “birkebeinar” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
  2. ^ Cf. Norwegian Bokmål “birkebeiner” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
  3. ^ Language Council of Norway, Spelling decisions since 2012 (in Norwegian, retrieved 12.22.20).

Further reading

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