skuggsjå

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse skuggsjá, from skuggi (“shade, shadow”) +‎ sjá.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²skʊɡːʃɔː/, /²skʊɡːsjɔː/

Noun

skuggsjå n (definite singular skuggsjået, indefinite plural skuggsjå, definite plural skuggsjåa)

1. (rare) synonym of spegel (“mirror”)

   Konungs skuggsjå ― The King’s Mirror

   • 1916, Aamund O. Vinje, “Nokre ord um Maalet og til Christiania-Posten”, in Skrifter i Samling, volume 1:

     […] men paa Maalet kunde vi trygt Alle byggja, fordi at Gamalnorsken der livet eit friskare Liv; den livet godt og vel mangestads paa Austlandet og, ja eg fann endaa eit Ord verande ned i Kyrkjegata her i Byen, hos ein Vingersokning, som eg tænkte var utdøytt, og det var Ordet Skuggsjaa; […]

     […] but on the language, we can all safely build, because the Old Norse which lives a fresher life; it lives well many places in East Norway as well, I even found a word staying in the church road here in the city, said by someone from Vinger, which I thought was exstinct, and that was the word skuggsjå (mirror); […]

Related terms

• skugge
• sjå