da han Adam gjætt i Skarrali’n

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Literally, “when Adam was a shepherd on the hillside by Skarå Creek”. Gjætt is apocope of gjette, past of gjeta. Skarålia is a hillside at the creek’s lower part, but it is also name of a farm at this hillside, here used with dialectal case ending with preposition referring to the hillside (not the farm).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈdaːhaɲː.ˈaːdam.ˈjætːiː.²skarːaˌliːn/

Phrase

da han Adam gjætt i Skarrali’n

(Trøndelag dialect, dialectal spelling) long time ago, "when Adam was an oakum boy"

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