Dictionary:elska

Nynorn

Etymology

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Shetland use

Glossary of Shetland and Orkney Words (1866)

Edmondston, Thomas

Elsk, to love, S.; isl. no. s. elska; da. elske, id.

An Etymological Dictionary of the Norn Language in Shetland (1928–1932)

Jakobsen, Jakob

*elsk, vb., to love, acc. to Edm. O.N. elska, vb., to love. Cf. the foll. word.

*elsket¹ [æ‘lskət], an exclamation; saying, used by an old woman in Fedeland (N.Roe), in the phrase “e. I! wearied I!” From O.N. elska, vb., to love?

Pronunciation

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Alternate Forms

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Verb

1. love

Inflection

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Synonyms

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