rossmål

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

  • rossmal, rossmår

Etymology

From Old Norse rosmhvalr (“walrus”), compare obsolete Danish rosmer / rosmar (“walrus”) (mentioned by Kalkar and others) and Latin Rosmarus. Attested in Norwegian in 1646 by Christen Jensøn, spelled as Roßmul. Later attested as Rosmul in Glossarium Norvagicum (1749) of Erik Pontoppidan.

Noun

rossmål m (definite singular rossmålen, indefinite plural rossmålar, definite plural rossmålane)

  1. (rare) a walrus

Synonyms

Descendants

  • → Danish: rosmaal (obsolete)

References

  • “rossmål” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
  • “Rossmaal” in Ivar Aasen (1873) Norsk Ordbog med dansk Forklaring
  • Torleiv Hannaas (1915) Ældre norske Sprogminder : Christen Jensøns Den Norske Dictionarium (in Danish), page 65
  • Erik Pontoppidan (1749) Glossarium Norvagicum (in Danish), page 88
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