vadmål

See also: vaðmal, vaðmál, and wadmal

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

vadmål n

  1. form removed with the spelling reform of 2005; superseded by vadmel

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

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Etymology

From Old Norse vaðmál, from vað (“cloth”) +‎ mál (“measure”). Compare Swedish vadmal and Norwegian Bokmål vadmel. Attested in 1646 as Vandmol by Christen Jensøn from Askvoll.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vamːɔːl/, /vaːdmɔːl/

Noun

vadmål n (definite singular vadmålet, indefinite plural vadmål, definite plural vadmåla)

  1. wadmal, wadmol

References

  • “vadmål” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
  • “vadmål” in Ivar Aasen (1873) Norsk Ordbog med dansk Forklaring
  • Torleiv Hannaas (1915) Ældre norske Sprogminder : Christen Jensøns Den Norske Dictionarium (in Norwegian Nynorsk), page 93
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