skjegle

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²ʃɛɡ.lə/ (example of pronunciation)

Etymology 1

From Old Norse skegla. Confer with skjegl.

Alternative forms

Verb

skjegle (present tense skjeglar, past tense skjegla, past participle skjegla, passive infinitive skjeglast, present participle skjeglande, imperative skjegl)

  1. (intransitive) to suffer strabismus
  2. (intransitive) to squint; to look or glance to the side (without moving one's head)
Derived terms

Noun

skjegle f (definite singular skjegla, indefinite plural skjegler, definite plural skjeglene)

  1. (dialectal, colloquial) a person with strabismus; a strabismic
    Synonym: skjegl

Alternative forms

Verb

skjegle (present tense skjeglar, past tense skjegla, past participle skjegla, passive infinitive skjeglast, present participle skjeglande, imperative skjegl)

  1. (intransitive) to not walk in a straight line
  2. (intransitive) to nitpick, split hairs
  3. synonym of skingle

Noun

skjegle f (definite singular skjegla, indefinite plural skjegler, definite plural skjeglene)

  1. (of a person or livestock) a creature which is not willing to walk in a straight line
  2. (dialectal, Dalane) a pedant, a hairsplitter
  3. a clumsy woman
  4. (dialectal, Grenland) an unattractive woman

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

skjegle

  1. definite singular of skjegl
  2. plural of skjegl

References

  • “skjegle” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
  • “skjegla”, in Norsk Ordbok: ordbok over det norske folkemålet og det nynorske skriftmålet, Oslo: Samlaget, 1950-2016
  • “skjegle”, in Norsk Ordbok: ordbok over det norske folkemålet og det nynorske skriftmålet, Oslo: Samlaget, 1950-2016
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