nabn

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse nafn, from Proto-Germanic *namô, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ (“name”).

Noun

nabn n (plural nabn or nobn)

1. (dialectal) alternative form of namn (“name”)
   • 2002 January 17, “Mange slags brødre”, in Solabladet, page 8:

     Eg […] sae ifrå om atte personen med mitt nabn […] nok ikkje va meg.

     I […] told [them] that the person with my name […] likely wasn't me.

   • 1929 June 24, “Frå Klepp”, in Stavanger aftenblad, page 7:

     Di he alt funne nogå rare blomma ifrå oldtia å vikingtiå, men nobnå æ så gammaldags, at de forstår di visst ikkje […]

     They've already found some weird flowers from antiquity and the Viking age, but their names are so oldy, that they don't understand them […]

   • 1853, Ivar Aasen, “12. Gjentaa i Lyklahaugen.”, in Prøver af Landsmaalet i Norge, Christiania: Trykt hos Carl C. Werner & Comp., page 25:

     Mann' henna han eitte Brenthodn, men dei andre nobni kann eg ikkje hugsa.

     Her husband was called Brenthodn, but I don't remember the other names.

References

• Ivar Aasen (1850) “Namn”, in Ordbog over det norske Folkesprog‎^[1] (in Danish), Oslo: Samlaget, published 2000