sjau

• IPA^(key): /ʃæʉ̯/, /ʃœʉ̯/

Borrowed from Dutch.

sjau m (definite singular sjauen, indefinite plural sjauar, definite plural sjauane)

1. hard, toilsome work
2. fuss, noise

sjau

1. imperative of sjaue

From Old Norse sjau, from Proto-Germanic *sebun, from Proto-Indo-European *septḿ̥.

sjau

1. (dialectal, non-standard since 1901) seven

   Synonym: sju

• “sjau” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
• Ivar Aasen (1850) “sjau”, in Ordbog over det norske Folkesprog‎^[1] (in Danish), Oslo: Samlaget, published 2000

• sjua

From Proto-Germanic *sebun (whence also Old English seofon, Old High German sibun, Gothic 𐍃𐌹𐌱𐌿𐌽 (sibun)), from earlier *sebunt, from Proto-Indo-European *septḿ̥.

sjau

1. (cardinal number) seven

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “sjau”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive