skinnvengje

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Etymology

From skinn (“hide”) +‎ vengje (“wing”).

Before Ivar Aasen, attested by Christen Jensøn in Askvoll (1646), Hans Jacob Wille in Seljord (1786), Erik Pontoppidan in Bergen (1749) and Jacob Nicolai Wilse in Spydeberg (1780).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²ʃɪnˌʋɛnjə/

Noun

skinnvengje f (definite singular skinnvengja, indefinite plural skinnvengjer, definite plural skinnvengjene)

  1. a bat (small flying mammal)
    • 1890, Arne Garborg, Kolbotn-Brev:
      Endaa naar han flyg er det som han var rædd; han flyg utan Ljod, kvævt og stilt som ei Skinnvengje.
      Even when it flies it is as if it were scared; it flies without sound, weakly and silently like a bat.

Synonyms

References

  • “skinnvengje” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
  • “skinnvengje” in Ivar Aasen (1873) Norsk Ordbog med dansk Forklaring
  • Torleiv Hannaas (1915) Ældre norske Sprogminder : Christen Jensøns Den Norske Dictionarium (in Norwegian Nynorsk), page 70
  • Hans Jacob Wille (1786) Beskrivelse over Sillejords Præstegield (in Norwegian Nynorsk)
  • Erik Pontoppidan den yngre (1749) Glossarium Norvagicum (in Danish)
  • 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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