Category: Norsk Språk

Words about words M. Michael Brady Asker, Norway The word billow, which means a swell on the ocean, is not known before 1550 but is believed to be an adoption of the Old Norse...

Words about words M. Michael Brady Asker, Norway The word birth is believed to be an adaptation of the Old Norse byrð(i)r, which was borrowed into Middle English and designates the act of a...

Words about words M. Michael Brady Asker, Norway The word bairn comes from the Old Norse barn, principally meaning “child, a son or daughter.” Through the years, it has been spelled in various ways....

Words about words M. Michael Brady Asker, Norway The word Halloween first appeared in the late 16th to early 17th century as a contraction of All-Hallow-Even, or “All Saints Eve,” the last night of...

Language Practice wtih Christie Ericson Like other Norwegian-Americans (Som andre norskamerikanere), I have always been interested (har jeg alltid vært interessert) in my family history (i slektshistorien min). My great-grandparents (Oldeforeldrene mine), Jens and...

Words about words   M. Michael Brady Asker, Norway The word band comes from the Old Norse word band, sometimes spelled bande, that had two principal meanings: that which an object or person is bound, and an organized...

Even a mother tongue, unused, can slip away M. Michael Brady Asker, Norway Native language has long been considered an indelible part of a person’s identity. Hence one of the oldest beliefs about identity...

(Ut av klasserommet og inn i Norge) with ISS Language practice with Christie Ericson Although I loved (Selv om jeg elsket) my Norwegian course (norskkurset mitt) at the International Summer School (på Den internasjonale...

Meanings of words vary with time, gender M. Michael Brady Asker, Norway On June 7, A-Magasinet, the weekly magazine supplement to Aftenposten, had a cover feature on women’s football or “soccer” as it’s called...

Words about words M. Michael Brady Asker, Norway Auk is the name of a family of web-footed diving birds of the far north, characterized by being mostly black, white, and gray in color, and...