alskens
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Norse alls kyns, from allr (“all”) and kyn (“type, gender”). Cognate with Swedish allsköns, Faroese alskyns.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]alskens
- all sorts of; many different kinds of
- 1822, Carl Christian Rafn, Nordiske Kaempe-Historier: efter Islandske Haandskriften. Volsunga-Saga : eller Historien om Sigurd Fafnersbane, page 120:
- Saft af alskens Træer / Og af brændte Agern ...
- Juice from many different kinds of trees / And from burned acorns ...
- 2013, Roberto Bolano, Nocturne fra Chile, Gyldendal A/S, →ISBN:
- ... hvor der i skyggen af nogle avocadotræer voksede alskens frugt og grønsager, ...
- ... where, in the shadow of some avocado trees, all kinds of fruits and vegetables grew, ...
- 1829, Rordifte Fortios Gagaer, page 191:
- ... Sværde og Brynier og alskens Kongerustninger, Kong Sigmunds Skibe, som seilede langs med Landet, ...
- ... swords and suits of mail and all sorts of king-suits-of-armour, the ships of king Sigmund sailing along the coast, ...
- 1827, Kong Olaf Tryggvesøns Saga ; Anden Deel, indtil Slutningen af Svølder Slaget: 2, page 81:
- Ansigtet, mørk i Sind, underfundig og snedig til alskens Bedragerier, ...
- The face, dark in mind, cunning and sly in the way of all sorts of treachery, ...
- 2010, Søren Ryge Petersen, Julius' fødselsdag, Gyldendal A/S, →ISBN, page 36:
- Der var alskens fjerkræ i alskens småhytter ...
- There were all kinds of fowl in all kinds of little cottages ...
Synonyms
[edit]Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Danish alskens, from Old Norse alls kyns (“all sorts”, genitive).
Adjective
[edit]alskens (singular and plural alskens)
- all sorts of; many different kinds of
- Synonym: ymse
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “alskens” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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