sandmalen

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Past participle of sandmale. Alternatively construed as a compound of sand (“sand”) +‎ male (“to grind”).

Participle

sandmalen (neuter sandmale, definite singular and plural sandmalne)

1. (usually of a millstone or similar) ground with sand (as to hone it)
   • 1973, Sogn og Fjordane i manns minne: Daglegliv ved hundreårsskiftet, Oslo: Samlaget, page 77:

     Difor vart kverna av og til sandmalen, eller òg hoggen.

     That's why, on occation, the grindstone was honed, or even cut.

   • 1924, Johannes Barstad, Kristelege barnesogor, volume 3, Bergen: Lunde, page 25:

     I kvernhuset fann dei, at kverni maatta hava kleimt seg og trong um aa verta sandmali.

     In the millhouse, they found that the mill must have jammed, and had to be sanded.