bainn

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɑɲː/

Verb

bainn (past bainna)

  1. (dialectal, Trøndelag) alternative form of banna (“to curse, to swear”)

Noun

bainn n (definite singular bainnet, indefinite plural bainn, definite plural bainna)

  1. (dialectal, Trøndelag) alternative form of band (“ribbon, fetter, collar”)
    • 1975, Birger Jørstad, “w:nn:Hainnhoinn i bainn (a song made for illustration of Norwegian dialectal palatalization)”:
      De va en gang de kåmm en mainn
      med en hainnhoinn i et bainn i eine hainna,
      å i ainnerhainna hoill ’n i nå
      såm klonka litegrainn,
      å såm vesstnåk va et spainn
      som hainn ha vårri nerri fjæresainn å foinni.
      Once, there came a man
      having in his one hand a male dog wearing a collar,
      and in his other hand he held something
      what clucked a little bit,
      and apparently was a bucket
      which he has found (when looking) in the beach sand.
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