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vegg

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Lombard

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Vulgar Latin veclus, from Latin vetulus.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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vegg m (feminine singular veggia, masculine and feminine plural vegg) (Classical Milanese orthography)

  1. old

Noun

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vegg m (feminine singular veggia, masculine and feminine plural vegg) (Classical Milanese orthography)

  1. an old man

References

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  • Ambrogio Maria Antonini, Vocabolario italiano-milanese, Libreria Meravigli Editrice, Milano, 1983, p. 464

Norwegian Bokmål

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Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia no

Etymology

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From Old Norse veggr, from proto-germanic *wajjuz (a wall) (see there for further descendants).

Noun

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vegg m (definite singular veggen, indefinite plural vegger, definite plural veggene)

  1. a wall

Derived terms

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From Old Norse veggr.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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vegg m (definite singular veggen, indefinite plural vegger or veggar, definite plural veggene or veggane)

  1. a wall

Usage notes

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  • The words mur and vegg are both translated into English as wall. However, they are widely distinguished in the following manner: only mur is commonly used for freestanding walls. Only vegg is commonly used for the walls of a building, whether internal or external. Mur is restricted to stone or concrete walls, whereas vegg is used regardless of material. A wall made from brick or stone can be called a murvegg.

Inflection

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Historical inflection of vegg
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
Aasen1 Vegg Veggjen Veggjer Veggjerne
1901 veggen veggjer (veggir) veggjerne (veggine)
1910 veggjerne [veggjene]
1917 vegger veggene
1938 vegger [veggar] veggene [veggane]
2012 (current) vegg veggen veggar, vegger veggane, veggene
  • Forms in italics are currently considered non-standard.
  • Forms in [brackets] were official, but considered second-tier.
  • Forms in (parentheses) were allowed under Midlandsnormalen.
  • 1Nouns were capitalised for most of the 19th century.

Derived terms

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