tordivel

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse torðýfill, from Proto-Germanic *turdawibilaz. Cognate with Old English tordwifel and Swedish tordyvel. Attested by Christen Jensøn (1646) (spelled as Tordyvel) and by Erik Pontoppidan (1749).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tʊrˈdiːʋɛl/

Noun

tordivel m (definite singular tordivelen, indefinite plural tordivlar, definite plural tordivlane)

  1. an earth boring beetle, an insect of the genus Geotrupes

Further reading

  • “tordivel” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
  • Torleiv Hannaas (1915) Ældre norske Sprogminder : Christen Jensøns Den Norske Dictionarium (in Norwegian Nynorsk), page 87
  • “tordivel” in Ivar Aasen (1873) Norsk Ordbog med dansk Forklaring
  • Erik Pontoppidan den yngre (1749) Glossarium Norvagicum (in Danish), page 104
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