morgontung

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

  • morraa tung (Den norske dictionarium (1646))
  • morratung (Glossarium norvagicum (1749))
  • maaratung (J.N. Wilse (1780))

Etymology

From morgon +‎ tung. First attested in 1646.

Adjective

morgontung

  1. sleepy head, a person being sluggish on morning

References

  • “morgontung” in Ivar Aasen (1873) Norsk Ordbog med dansk Forklaring
  • Torleiv Hannaas (1915) Ældre norske Sprogminder : Christen Jensøns Den Norske Dictionarium (in Norwegian Nynorsk), page 54
  • Erik Pontoppidan den yngre (1749) Glossarium Norvagicum (in Danish), page 74
  • J.N. Wilse (1780) Norſk Ordbog eller Samling af norſke Ord, i ſær de ſom bruges i Egnen af Spydeberg (in Danish)
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