laurdag

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

  • laugardag
  • (dialectal) laugurdag, logudag, løgudag, lougedag, lugudag, lugdag, luggedag, laudag, lordag (lôr-), lurdag (luła), lørdag (løła), ludag, lødag

Etymology

From Old Norse laugardagr.

Noun

laurdag m (definite singular laurdagen, indefinite plural laurdagar, definite plural laurdagane)

  1. Saturday
    • 1949, Sivert Aarflot, Runetrolldom og ringstav [printed manuscript from ca. 1800]:
      ᛁ.ᛉᚮᚱᛁᛆᛆ.⤉.ᚦ⤉.ᛚᚮᚢᚱᚦᛆᛁᚳ.ᚦᛆᛆ.ᚼᚮΛᚱᛆᛋᛏ.ᚴᛚᚮᚴᛆᛆ.ᚠΛᚱ+.ᚼᛁᛉ+ᚱᛁᚴᛁᛆ.ᛋᛚᛆᛆ
      I moriaa æ dæ lourdain da hoyrast klokaa fyre himerikia slaa
      Tomorrow is the Saturday, when the bell is heard ringing for the Kingdom of Heaven

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