utburd

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse útburðr. Attested as Vdboer in Christen Jensøn’s Norwegian Dictionary (1646).

Noun

utburd m (definite singular utburden, indefinite plural utburdar, definite plural utburdane)

  1. (folklore) a ghost of a newborn baby, who died before it got baptized

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References

  • “utburd” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
  • Torleiv Hannaas (1915) Ældre norske Sprogminder : Christen Jensøns Den Norske Dictionarium (in Norwegian Nynorsk), page 94
  • “utburd” in Ivar Aasen (1873) Norsk Ordbog med dansk Forklaring
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