Category: Norsk Språk

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...

Norsk 101: Language practice with Christie Ericson Hallo fra Norge! Two years ago (For to år siden) I attended (deltok jeg i) the International Summer School (den internasjonale sommerskolen) [ISS] at the University of...

Words about words M. Michael Brady Asker, Norway The word “are” descends from the Old Norse word eir, which in the mix of languages that evolved around the North Sea, led to the Middle...

Words about words M. Michael Brady The word anger, a noun and a verb in modern English, retains the sense and usage of two Old Norse words from which it descends, the noun, angr,...

Words about words M. Michael Brady Asker, Norway The word ado descends from the equivalent in English of the Old Norse word at, a preposition used as an infinitive marker, which is a word...

Words about words M. Michael Brady Asker, Norway The word bylaw means a standing rule governing the regulation of a society’s or an organization’s internal affairs. It first occurred in the mid-13th century in...