nordmann

Norwegian Nynorsk

/ˈnʊrmɑn/

noun-comireg
Definitions
  • Norwegian person of Norwegian ancestry or inhabitant of Norway
  • (archaic) inhabitant of Western Norway (used among the peasants in the mountain valleys of Eastern Norway, who considered "north" upriver)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Norse norðmaðr (Scandinavian, man from the North, man from Norway, Norseman).

Origin

Old Norse

norðmaðr

Gloss

Scandinavian, man from the North, man from Norway, Norseman

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