medan

Norwegian Nynorsk

/²meːɑn/

preposition
Definitions
  • while

Etymology

Inherited from Old Norse meðan (while) inherited from Proto-Germanic *medanō (as long as, meanwhile).

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*medanō

Gloss

as long as, meanwhile

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