单词 | norsk |
释义 | Norskn.adj. A. n. 1. = Norse n. 2. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [noun] > Indo-European > Germanic > Scandinavian > Norwegian Norsea1560 Norwegian1605 Nordsa1696 Norsk1844 1844 Q. Rev. Mar. 557 Speak, in translating from Norsk or Anglo-Saxon, of the stink of a rose, that is to say, the rose's smell. 1858 B. Taylor Northern Trav. xx. 206 A Skärgaard—archipelago, or ‘garden of rocks’, as it is picturesquely termed in Norsk. 1875 W. S. Jevons Money iv. 23 In the Norsk, Anglo-Saxon, and English, scat or scot has been specialized to denote tax or tribute. 1935 M. V. Hughes Vivians iii. 39 Out of the darkness came a call in Norsk. 1998 A. Dalby Dict. Langs. 459/2 Norway separated from Denmark in 1814. Education at first continued in Danish (renamed Norsk or Modersmaal) but in the 1830s a movement developed to create a national language. 2. Chiefly U.S. colloquial. A Scandinavian person, spec. a Norwegian. ΚΠ 1874 Owatonna (Minnesota) Jrnl. 5 Feb. 3/3 It was only by dint of exertion that he could keep the enraged ‘Norsks’ from assaulting himself and lynching the prisoner. 1897 Harper's Mag. Nov. 970/1 But all the time that Norsk was good-natured as a p'inter dog, a-smiling and a-trying to let on he could talk our language. 1920 S. Lewis Main St. iv. 39 And Axel Egge's, like home, lots of Swedes and Norskes in there. 1994 C. De Luca Voes & Sounds 3 An we wid watch an winder if da bairns o lang ago Wid a rin ta hoid, whin dey sa da soondless Norskes I da voe. B. adj. Scandinavian, spec. Norwegian. Cf. Norse adj. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > the Scandinavians > [adjective] Norsea1650 scanic1665 Scandian1668 Scandic1708 Scandinavian1784 Norsk1851 Scandinavianized1924 Scandihoovian1968 1851 Zoologist 9 2978 Our Norsk guide soon collected some heather. 1861 F. Metcalfe Oxonian in Iceland (1867) 22 After the fashion of the old Norsk kings. 1935 M. V. Hughes Vivians iii. 57 According to Norsk law every boy and girl is confirmed before seventeen. 1973 D. Francis Slay-ride iv. 42 The cheerful frost-bitten looking crowd which had turned up at Øvrevoll for the Norsk Grand National. 1994 Minnesota Monthly May 107/3 (advt.) Relax with a cup of Norsk coffee or glass of wine. Enjoy farm animals, dairy farm, hiking, and nature. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1844 |
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