bamse

Borrowed from Norwegian bamse

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɑmsə/, [ˈb̥ɑmsə], [ˈpɑ̈msə]

bamse c (singular definite bamsen, plural indefinite bamser)

1. teddy bear
2. (informal) bear
3. a burly man

• (bear): bjørn
• (teddy bear): teddybjørn
• (burly man): bamsefar

• bamse on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da
• “bamse” in Den Danske Ordbog

Borrowed from Danish bamse.

bamse

1. teddy bear

Related to Swedish bamse. In Norwegian, earliest attested by Christen Jensøn in 1646 and by David Klim in 1670-90s.

bamse m (definite singular bamsen, indefinite plural bamsar, definite plural bamsane)

1. a teddy bear
2. a bear

   Synonym: bjørn

3. a big clumsy person

• → Danish: bamse
  • → Greenlandic: bamse

• “bamse” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
• “bamse” in Ivar Aasen (1873) Norsk Ordbog med dansk Forklaring
• Torleiv Hannaas (1911) Ældre norske Sprogminder : Ordsamling fraa Robyggjelaget (in Norwegian Nynorsk)
• Torleiv Hannaas (1915) Ældre norske Sprogminder : Christen Jensøns Den Norske Dictionarium (in Norwegian Nynorsk)

Related to Norwegian Nynorsk bamse

bamse c

1. (colloquial, often endearing) a bear

   Synonym: nalle

   Barnen fick mata den snälla bamsen

   The children got to feed the kind bear

2. (colloquial) something large, a biggun

   Synonym: bamsing

   Wow! Vilken bamse.

   Wow! That's a biggun.

• baddare
• bjässe
• schabrak
• teddybjörn (“teddy bear”)
• åbäke

• bamse in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• bamse in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)