musegnag

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From mus +‎ gnag, from the verb gnaga. Compare Danish musegnav, Norwegian Bokmål musgnag and dialectal Swedish musgnag (“rash behind ears”)

Noun

musegnag n (definite singular musegnaget, indefinite plural musegnag, definite plural musegnaga)

1. gnaw marks of a mouse (e.g. marks left by a field mouse on tree roots after a winter)