sengre
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Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Perhaps related to English singe.
Alternative forms
[edit]Noun
[edit]sengre f (definite singular sengra, indefinite plural sengrer, definite plural sengrene)
Verb
[edit]sengre (present tense sengrar, past tense sengra)
- (impersonal, intransitive, obsolete) to smell burnt
- 1943, Bøye Kattevold, Gamalt fraa Vang, page 43:
- me sprang igjøno blanke løgin, so det sengra taa uss
- we ran through the bright flames, so that we smelled burnt
Etymology 2
[edit]Verb
[edit]sengre (present tense sengrar, past tense sengra)
- eye dialect spelling of singre
- 1932, Ole Knutsen Ødegård, Gamalt fraa Valdres, volume 7, page 118:
- [han håggde] utta viare denne mitt i anlæte mitt so de' sengra før augo på me […]
- Just like that, he hurled it at my face, so that it slapped before me eyes.
References
[edit]- Eskeland, Lars (1948) “sengre”, in Norsk rettskrivings-ordbok [Norwegian Orthographic Dictionary] (in Norwegian Nynorsk)
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